ARCH 100 SFU FINAL TEST WITH CREDITED SOLUTIONS #5
Matrilocality - correct answer In Social Anthropology, it is the societal system in which a
married couple resides with or near the wife's parents (2600-1900 BC)
Faience - correct answer Broadly encompasses finely glazed ceramic beads, figures,
and other small objects (pottery) found in Egypt as early as 4000 BC, as well as in the
Ancient Near East, Indus Valley civilization and Europe.
Scapulimancy and it's uses - correct answer The careful preparation of animal shoulder
bones (Ox Scapula) and turtle plastrons (plastromancy) by thinning them and drilling
holes before burning them and interpreting the cracks. Provide us with one of the
earliest examples of writing in ancient china. Also have given historians useful info
about the Shang Dynasty. Oracle bones were usually made from the shoulder blades of
oxen, or sometimes the shell of a tortoise was used. They were used to divine the
future.
Bearded male figurines - correct answer These were found in the Mohenjo-Daro and
they represented political or social ideology. They were shown seated or kneeling,
wearing cloaks, headbands, jewelry, and headresses were attached. Represented elite
or powerful individuals.
Zhengzhou - correct answer The main urban center of the Erligang culture in the yellow
river area of northern China from 1600 to 1400BC.
Lady Hao - correct answer A consort to a Shang king. Tomb contained Many bronze
artifacts of which mostly were for serving and drinking wine. Had a plate full of sheep
and cattle legs placed near her mouth. Feasting ceremony for Burial. Also led military
campaigns that resulted in the expansion of shang territory.
Middle Asian Interaction Sphere - correct answer Connected the indus valley with
mesopotamia, parts of Iran, Dilmun, and Magan. Movement of raw materials, finished
goods, and domesticated crops were likely transported by rivers and surrounding seas.
Bronze Vessels and their use in China - correct answer One of the major artforms,
associated with ancestor worship, linked with elites. One example of these designs is
representation of the sacrifice of humans.
Mohenjo-Daro - correct answer Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was
centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the
political institutions of Indus Valley communities, but the large-scale implies central
planning.
First signs of Chinese writing - correct answer Found in the Longshan Culture during the
late Neolithic period, found in scapulimancy, also inscriptions from bronze pottery
vessels, as well as on jade and stone.
, Technology of the wheel in the Indus Valley - correct answer Sites like Harappa show
evidence of technology of the wheel. (shown in a small terracotta cart and wheel-made
pottery)
Erlitou Culture - correct answer A phase from 1800-1600bc. Chalcolithic and bronze
age culture in north china in the yellow river region. Some archaeologists describe it as
the first state because of increased political control over this region, shared rituals, and
centralized administrative functions at the main site.
Writing/Communication system in China and similarities to Mesoamerica, South
America, and Southern Africa - correct answer -Similarities in artifact styles (Bronze and
jade) suggest a wide interaction network
-Approx 5000 Characters found on bronze and pottery vessels, jade, and stone, but
mostly known from oracle bones used for scapulimancy.
Settlement pattern in China - correct answer -Settlements included small sedentary
villages (2.5-50 acres, 40-240 houses), many surrounded by a ditch to mark the
boundary rather than to provide defences (early Neolithic)
-Population is larger and denser w/ hierarchical settlement pattern of some larger sites,
often walled and interpreted as centres of power, surrounded by other smaller sites.
-Settlement pattern is hierarchical w/ largest site (Erlitou) reaching 740 acres and
having palaces, elite homes, and craft workshops within a walled enclosure.
Religious/Ritual practices in China/Indus Valley - correct answer -Arrangement of
cemetaries possibly indicates early forms of ancestor worship (later Neolithic and
Chalcolithic) and include some human sacrifices possibly buried alive.
-White clay and bronze vessels are interpreted as being used in rituals of ancestor
worship, especially by the elite.
-Ritual bronze vessels became more ornate and religiously important
-Grave evidence suggest feasting rituals
Huaca - correct answer A terraced platform/pyramid. The Huaca del Sol is an adobe
brick temple built by the Moche civilization (100 CE to 800 CE) on the northern coast of
what is now Peru. Archaeologists have estimated the the Huaca del Sol was composed
of over 130 million adobe bricks and was the largest pre-columbian adobe structure built
in the americas.
Stela - correct answer A standing carved stone. Was used to describe monuments in
mesoamerica showing important Maya rulers, gods, or goddesses, and often Maya
glyphic writing as well.
Teotihuacan - correct answer One of the most important centres in the Basin of Mexico
after 150cal BC. At its height during the Early Classic period, was a large, planned city
witha ceremonial precinct. (pyramids of the sun and moon, street of the dead, elite
Matrilocality - correct answer In Social Anthropology, it is the societal system in which a
married couple resides with or near the wife's parents (2600-1900 BC)
Faience - correct answer Broadly encompasses finely glazed ceramic beads, figures,
and other small objects (pottery) found in Egypt as early as 4000 BC, as well as in the
Ancient Near East, Indus Valley civilization and Europe.
Scapulimancy and it's uses - correct answer The careful preparation of animal shoulder
bones (Ox Scapula) and turtle plastrons (plastromancy) by thinning them and drilling
holes before burning them and interpreting the cracks. Provide us with one of the
earliest examples of writing in ancient china. Also have given historians useful info
about the Shang Dynasty. Oracle bones were usually made from the shoulder blades of
oxen, or sometimes the shell of a tortoise was used. They were used to divine the
future.
Bearded male figurines - correct answer These were found in the Mohenjo-Daro and
they represented political or social ideology. They were shown seated or kneeling,
wearing cloaks, headbands, jewelry, and headresses were attached. Represented elite
or powerful individuals.
Zhengzhou - correct answer The main urban center of the Erligang culture in the yellow
river area of northern China from 1600 to 1400BC.
Lady Hao - correct answer A consort to a Shang king. Tomb contained Many bronze
artifacts of which mostly were for serving and drinking wine. Had a plate full of sheep
and cattle legs placed near her mouth. Feasting ceremony for Burial. Also led military
campaigns that resulted in the expansion of shang territory.
Middle Asian Interaction Sphere - correct answer Connected the indus valley with
mesopotamia, parts of Iran, Dilmun, and Magan. Movement of raw materials, finished
goods, and domesticated crops were likely transported by rivers and surrounding seas.
Bronze Vessels and their use in China - correct answer One of the major artforms,
associated with ancestor worship, linked with elites. One example of these designs is
representation of the sacrifice of humans.
Mohenjo-Daro - correct answer Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was
centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River. Little is known about the
political institutions of Indus Valley communities, but the large-scale implies central
planning.
First signs of Chinese writing - correct answer Found in the Longshan Culture during the
late Neolithic period, found in scapulimancy, also inscriptions from bronze pottery
vessels, as well as on jade and stone.
, Technology of the wheel in the Indus Valley - correct answer Sites like Harappa show
evidence of technology of the wheel. (shown in a small terracotta cart and wheel-made
pottery)
Erlitou Culture - correct answer A phase from 1800-1600bc. Chalcolithic and bronze
age culture in north china in the yellow river region. Some archaeologists describe it as
the first state because of increased political control over this region, shared rituals, and
centralized administrative functions at the main site.
Writing/Communication system in China and similarities to Mesoamerica, South
America, and Southern Africa - correct answer -Similarities in artifact styles (Bronze and
jade) suggest a wide interaction network
-Approx 5000 Characters found on bronze and pottery vessels, jade, and stone, but
mostly known from oracle bones used for scapulimancy.
Settlement pattern in China - correct answer -Settlements included small sedentary
villages (2.5-50 acres, 40-240 houses), many surrounded by a ditch to mark the
boundary rather than to provide defences (early Neolithic)
-Population is larger and denser w/ hierarchical settlement pattern of some larger sites,
often walled and interpreted as centres of power, surrounded by other smaller sites.
-Settlement pattern is hierarchical w/ largest site (Erlitou) reaching 740 acres and
having palaces, elite homes, and craft workshops within a walled enclosure.
Religious/Ritual practices in China/Indus Valley - correct answer -Arrangement of
cemetaries possibly indicates early forms of ancestor worship (later Neolithic and
Chalcolithic) and include some human sacrifices possibly buried alive.
-White clay and bronze vessels are interpreted as being used in rituals of ancestor
worship, especially by the elite.
-Ritual bronze vessels became more ornate and religiously important
-Grave evidence suggest feasting rituals
Huaca - correct answer A terraced platform/pyramid. The Huaca del Sol is an adobe
brick temple built by the Moche civilization (100 CE to 800 CE) on the northern coast of
what is now Peru. Archaeologists have estimated the the Huaca del Sol was composed
of over 130 million adobe bricks and was the largest pre-columbian adobe structure built
in the americas.
Stela - correct answer A standing carved stone. Was used to describe monuments in
mesoamerica showing important Maya rulers, gods, or goddesses, and often Maya
glyphic writing as well.
Teotihuacan - correct answer One of the most important centres in the Basin of Mexico
after 150cal BC. At its height during the Early Classic period, was a large, planned city
witha ceremonial precinct. (pyramids of the sun and moon, street of the dead, elite
