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6. What is an archaeological culture?
- How refined a group of peoples were.
- Groupings of peoples, here in prehistoric times.
- When an organism grows on a find; we can examine this to tell us about what they ate at the site when it was occupied.
- The social stratification of a culture.
7. The Natufian culture (~11,000-8,000BC) shows recurring plastered human skulls in this limited time period. What is this an example of?
- Prehistory/protohistory.
- A culture.
- An assemblage.
8. Which of these is an example of naming a culture after where it is from?
- All of the above.
- Hallstatt.
- Sesklo.
- Michelsberg.
9. When is prehistory usually thought to begin?
- When writing begins in a country.
- When Neanderthals appear.
- When homo sapiens appear.
- When people start speaking.
10. When is prehistory roughly thought to have begun?
- 6-7 million years ago.
- 7-8 million years ago.
- 20-30 million years ago.
11. Who coined the term "prehistory"?
- Daniel Wilson.
- Charles Darwin.
- Heinrich Schliemann.
- Christian Jurgensen Thomsen.
12. When did Darwin write his Origins of Species?
13. What is an assemblage?
- An early animal (including humans).
- An archaeological gathering of related finds, activities, peoples etc.
- An early human (not including animals).
- In lithic analysis, a defining characteristic of a lithic flake.