Anth 106 Given Questions

10 questions from Karen's Block (lectures 1-8)

  • What species was associated with the Laetoli Footprints

    • Afarensus

  • How old are oldowan tools

    • More than 2 million years

  • Are stone tools a sign of behavioural modernity

 

30 questions from Charles' Block (lectures 9-17)

  • What is Catalhoyuk

    • A standardised neolithic sity with street-less cluster of ritual and domestic structures

  • Hypothesis does Monte Verde Support

    • The Coastal Migration Hypothesis

  • What was Jericho

    • Walled settlement in the levant with a Tower

  • What was Tell Hassuna

    • An Early Farming village

  • What is the significance of Uruk

    • World's first city state

  • How did temple elite control the Population

    • Controlling trade irrigation and ideology

  • What was the first culture with Venus Figurines

    • Aurignacian culture

  • What is not a sign of a natufian site

    • Presence of pottery

  • The Solutrean culture and which settlers have similarities

    • The Clovis Settlers

  • What was Childe's hypothesis

    • Included part time specialisation

  • What was Ohalo 2

    • Early sedentary site

  • What are the two rivers that envelope the Mesopotamia

    • The Tigris (North) and Euphrates (South) rivers

  • When do we see the development of farming villages in the Near East

    • 8500BP

  • What revolution is pottery associated with

    • The Neolithic

  • What are some features of Solutrean Tools

    • Prism blades and projectiles of the upper palaeolithic

  • What period and area are Aurgunacian tools associated with

    • Palaeolithic Europe 

  • What increases population size

    • Sedentism

  • What areas developed agriculture independently

    • Near East, China, and New Guinea

  • Do we share a modern ancestor with Neanderthals and Denisovans

    • Year

 

20 questions from Glenn's Block (lectures 18-24) (13/20 Known)

 

Unknown Section

  • Where is the Jordan Valley

    • West Bank

Egypt

  • What was the Rosetta Stone

    • Used to decipher hieroglyphics for the first time

  • Who is the great pyramid a tribute to

    • Cheops

  • When was the New Kingdom

    • 1540 - 1070 BC

China

  • What are the two major river systems of China and what did each of them support

    • Yellow River (supported Millet) in the north

    • Yangtze River (supported rice) in the south

  • Where was the oldest pottery found (m)

    • In Xianrendong (20,000 years ago)

  • What are the culture names of the Xia and early/middle Shang

    • Erlitou and Erligang culture respectively

  • What was Anyang

    • The Shang Capital for almost 300 years, also called Yin

  • Who was Lady Fu Ho and why was she important

    • She was the concubine of the Shang Emporer Wu Ding and her tomb contained a huge amount of artifacts helpful in understanding The Shang

  • What was the capital of the Xia Dynasty

    • Erlitou

  • Where were oracle bones found

    • Anyang

Western and Eastern Zhou

  • Which came first the Xia or the Shang

    • The Xia

  • What were the two periods of the Eastern Zhou (m)

    • Spring and Autumn Period 770 - 476 BC

    • Warring State Period

  • What were the three philosophies of the Warring State period

    • Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism

  • When did the King of Qin declare himself emporer (m)

    • 222BC

  • Where did the Silk Road end in China

    • Xian (the old Han Capital)

  • During Which battle did Shang Dynasty end

    • 1045 BC Muye Battle

Japan (3 Questions) (3/3 D)

  • During which period did bronze come to Japan

    • The Middle Yayoi

  • In 170-180AD who gained from of Yamatai (m)

    • Queen Himiko

  • What shape were Kofun tombs (m)

    • Keyhole shaped

  • When was buddhism introduced

    • AD530-680 (6th century AD)

  • Where is the Toji Temple

    • In Kyoto, found in 796 CE

Archaeology in the Pacific (4 Questions) (2/4 D)

  • When were Humans present in PNG (m)

    • 42,000 radiocarbon years (49-43kya)

  • When did Lapita Pottery appear in New Bismark

    • 3,350 BP

  • What is the furthest extension of Lapita Pottery

    • Samoa

  • Hawaii was (m)

    • An incipient state

  • Tonga was (m)

    • Becoming an incipient state

  • Where is Nan Madol (m)

    • Pohnpei // Ponape

Angkor (1 Question) (D)

  • Who founded the kingdom

    • Jayavarman II