• 1. 
    Which is a “fragment of a pottery vessel found on sites and in refuse deposits where pottery-making peoples have lived?”

  • bit
  • detritus
  • splint
  • shard
  • 2. 
    In Middle Eastern archaeology, which is a raised mound marking the site of an ancient city?

  • pillar
  • stele
  • mall
  • tell
  • 3. 
    In England, which is an ancient burial place covered with a large mound of earth?

  • hillock
  • cairn
  • terrace
  • barrow
  • 4. 
    Which is a pyramidal stepped temple tower characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia from approximately 2200 until 500 BCE?

  • karibtum
  • ziggurat
  • piqittum
  • abzu
  • 5. 
    Which is pottery that has been treated, in one way or another, with semiliquid clay?

  • earthenware
  • stoneware
  • pinch pots
  • slipware
  • 6. 
    Which is “a method of determining a chronology (as for archaeological material) by a detailed study of a particular style or type (as of potsherds) that reveals an increase or decrease in the popularity of the style, giving a tentative scale from early to late”?

  • stratification
  • seriation
  • synchronization
  • carbonification
  • 7. 
    Which is a toolmaking tradition characterized by crudely worked pebble (chopping) tools from the early Paleolithic Period?

  • Archaic
  • Oldowan
  • Chalcolithic
  • Acheulean
  • 8. 
    Which type of igneous rock was used by Native Americans for weapons, tools, and ornaments?

  • marble
  • hornblende
  • biotite
  • obsidian
  • 9. 
    Which refers to a covered jar of wood, stone, pottery, or faience used in ancient Egyptian funerary ritual to hold the embalmed viscera removed from a body during mummification?

  • canopic
  • coenotypic
  • platyopic
  • hydropic
  • 10. 
    Which is a handheld device of the Stone Age that was made by striking off a large flake of stone or by striking off small flakes from a stone core to produce a desired shape?

  • ventifact
  • errailure
  • flake tool
  • flute
  • 11. 
    Which archaeological term refers to a body that was buried in a fetal position?

  • flexed
  • resupine
  • procumbent
  • prone
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