ASB 222 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes:
Module 1
Artifacts - answerobject made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
Site - answerplace
Archaeology - answerstudy of artifacts and relics of early mankind
Cultural Items - answerPhysical/material objects that have meaning, value, or use
features - answera distinctive attribute or aspect of something.
Ecofacts - answerNatural materials that give environmental information about a site
Human Remains - answerbody of a deceased person, including cremated remains
Goals of Archaeology - answer- reveal the form of the past
- discover the function of the past
- understand cultural processes
Cultural Evolution - answerThe adaptive changes of cultures in response to
environmental changes over time
Band - answera small kinship-based group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living
over a particular territory usually less than 100 people
Tribe - answerAny system of social organization made up of villages, bands, or other
groups with a common ancestry, language, culture, and name usually up to a few
thousand people
Chiefdom - answerA societal grouping governed by a chief who typically relies on
generosity, ritual status, or charisma rather than force to win obedience from the people.
usually around 5,000-20,000+ people
State - answerA body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with
the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority,
generally 20,000+ people
Hypothesis - answerA testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Module 1
Artifacts - answerobject made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
Site - answerplace
Archaeology - answerstudy of artifacts and relics of early mankind
Cultural Items - answerPhysical/material objects that have meaning, value, or use
features - answera distinctive attribute or aspect of something.
Ecofacts - answerNatural materials that give environmental information about a site
Human Remains - answerbody of a deceased person, including cremated remains
Goals of Archaeology - answer- reveal the form of the past
- discover the function of the past
- understand cultural processes
Cultural Evolution - answerThe adaptive changes of cultures in response to
environmental changes over time
Band - answera small kinship-based group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living
over a particular territory usually less than 100 people
Tribe - answerAny system of social organization made up of villages, bands, or other
groups with a common ancestry, language, culture, and name usually up to a few
thousand people
Chiefdom - answerA societal grouping governed by a chief who typically relies on
generosity, ritual status, or charisma rather than force to win obedience from the people.
usually around 5,000-20,000+ people
State - answerA body of people living in a defined territory who have a government with
the power to make and enforce law without the consent of any higher authority,
generally 20,000+ people
Hypothesis - answerA testable prediction, often implied by a theory
