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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?

  • 1872
  • 1859
  • 1851
  • 1999

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.