ANT 197: FINAL EXAM 2024/2025 fully
solved & updated
From what type of stone was the Cardiff Giant carved? - ANSWER-Gypsum
What are Feder's 3 Rules for a successful archaeological hoax? - ANSWER-1.
Give the people what they want.
2. Don't be too successful.
3. Learn from your mistakes.
Prior to the discovery of Piltdown "one great European nation did not and could
not materially contribute to the debate over the ultimate origins of humanity. That
nation was ? " - ANSWER-England
Though archaeologists still argue about the timing of migration of people to the
New World, they virtually all agree that American Indians are Asians who arrived
via the area today known as the ? - ANSWER-Bering Straits
Among American Indians, a particular form of incisor- so-called ?- is found in
between 65 and 100% of Indian populations in different parts of North and South
America. - ANSWER-"Shovel-Shaped"
Genetic analysis of the oldest human skeletal remains found in the New World
clearly shows their common genetic heritage as well as their linkage to the
ancient people of Central and East ? - ANSWER-Asia
, ? points look like none other found anywhere in the entire world and are found at
sites that date to the very narrow time period between 13,200 and 11,900 years
ago. - ANSWER-Clovis
5 Arguments for the myth of a vanished moundbuilder race? - ANSWER-1. Indian
culture was too primitive.
2. Mound culture was older than Indian culture.
3. There were alphabetically inscribed tablets in the mounds.
4. Indians were never witnessed building mounds and had no knowledge of who
had built them.
5. Metal objects found in the mounds were beyond the metallurgical skills of the
Indians.
The oldest evidence of mound- building in North America has been found at the ?
site in Louisiana and dates to 5,500 years ago. - ANSWER-Watson Brake site
In fact, ? was simply a literary tool to convey a lesson about the political, social,
and economic organization of a well-run society. - ANSWER-Atlantis
5 Claims Ignatius Donnelly made in his argument that civilizations in
Mesoamerica and Egypt were both influenced by Atlantis. - ANSWER-1. Egyptian
obelisks and Mesoamerican stelae and derived from the same source.
2. The pyrmaids of Egypt and the pyramids of Mesoamerican can be traced to the
same source.
3. Ancient cultures in the Old and New Worlds possessed the arch.
4. Cultures in the Old and New Worlds both produced bronze.
5. Civilizations in both the Old and New Worlds were dependent on agricultural
economies for their subsistence. The indicates that these cultures were derived
from a common source.
Only one description in Plato clearly matches Minoan Crete, and that one is so
general as to be meaningless (Critias describes the palace as being " - ANSWER-
The first implicit claim in the ancient astronauts/ancient aliens hypothesis asserts
the existence of prehistoric ? or ? from the outer space and early writings about
their visits. - ANSWER-Drawings or Sculptures
solved & updated
From what type of stone was the Cardiff Giant carved? - ANSWER-Gypsum
What are Feder's 3 Rules for a successful archaeological hoax? - ANSWER-1.
Give the people what they want.
2. Don't be too successful.
3. Learn from your mistakes.
Prior to the discovery of Piltdown "one great European nation did not and could
not materially contribute to the debate over the ultimate origins of humanity. That
nation was ? " - ANSWER-England
Though archaeologists still argue about the timing of migration of people to the
New World, they virtually all agree that American Indians are Asians who arrived
via the area today known as the ? - ANSWER-Bering Straits
Among American Indians, a particular form of incisor- so-called ?- is found in
between 65 and 100% of Indian populations in different parts of North and South
America. - ANSWER-"Shovel-Shaped"
Genetic analysis of the oldest human skeletal remains found in the New World
clearly shows their common genetic heritage as well as their linkage to the
ancient people of Central and East ? - ANSWER-Asia
, ? points look like none other found anywhere in the entire world and are found at
sites that date to the very narrow time period between 13,200 and 11,900 years
ago. - ANSWER-Clovis
5 Arguments for the myth of a vanished moundbuilder race? - ANSWER-1. Indian
culture was too primitive.
2. Mound culture was older than Indian culture.
3. There were alphabetically inscribed tablets in the mounds.
4. Indians were never witnessed building mounds and had no knowledge of who
had built them.
5. Metal objects found in the mounds were beyond the metallurgical skills of the
Indians.
The oldest evidence of mound- building in North America has been found at the ?
site in Louisiana and dates to 5,500 years ago. - ANSWER-Watson Brake site
In fact, ? was simply a literary tool to convey a lesson about the political, social,
and economic organization of a well-run society. - ANSWER-Atlantis
5 Claims Ignatius Donnelly made in his argument that civilizations in
Mesoamerica and Egypt were both influenced by Atlantis. - ANSWER-1. Egyptian
obelisks and Mesoamerican stelae and derived from the same source.
2. The pyrmaids of Egypt and the pyramids of Mesoamerican can be traced to the
same source.
3. Ancient cultures in the Old and New Worlds possessed the arch.
4. Cultures in the Old and New Worlds both produced bronze.
5. Civilizations in both the Old and New Worlds were dependent on agricultural
economies for their subsistence. The indicates that these cultures were derived
from a common source.
Only one description in Plato clearly matches Minoan Crete, and that one is so
general as to be meaningless (Critias describes the palace as being " - ANSWER-
The first implicit claim in the ancient astronauts/ancient aliens hypothesis asserts
the existence of prehistoric ? or ? from the outer space and early writings about
their visits. - ANSWER-Drawings or Sculptures
