ant201: World Prehistory

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Decks in this class (16)

Chapter 1: Getting Started in Archaeology
Archaeology,
Survey,
Purpose of survey
36  cards
Chapter 2: Putting the Picture Together
Agency theory,
Archaeological theory,
New processual archaeology
20  cards
Chapter 3: Early Hominins
Lithic analysis,
Knapping,
Percussion
42  cards
Chapter 4: From Homo Erectus to Neanderthals
Bose,
Eurasian acheulian,
Kebara cave
10  cards
Chapter 5: The Origin of Modern Humans
Chatelperronian,
Arcy sur cure,
Aterian
15  cards
Chapter 6: The Peopling of Australia and the New World
Beringia,
Blackwater draw,
Clovis culture
18  cards
Chapter 7: Towers, Villages & Longhouses
Younger dryas,
Abu hureyra,
Catalhoyuk
17  cards
Chapter 8: Mounds and Maize
Teosinte,
Tehuacan valley,
Guila naquitz
18  cards
Chapter 9: A Feast of Diversity
Plants and animals domesticated i...,
Sahara desert,
Nabta playa
33  cards
Chapter 10: Complexity Without the State
Stonehenge,
Bluestones,
Sarsen circle
17  cards
Quiz 4
Tracking trade routes,
Petrography,
Petrographic analysis involves
12  cards
Chapter 11: Cities, Pyramids, and Palaces
Mesopotamia,
Tigris and euphrates rivers,
Uruk period
41  cards
Chapter 12: Locating the Source of Authority: Early States in Asia
Harappa and mohenjo daro,
Great bath,
Standardized stone weights
9  cards
Chapter 13: From City to Empire: Social Complexity in Mesoamerica
Olmec,
Monte alban,
Teotihuacan
11  cards
Chapter 14: Bringing the Four Parts Together: States and Empires in the Andes
Tawantinsuyu,
Chavin de huantar,
Lanzon
13  cards
Exam Guide
Rapa nui easter island,
Moai,
Taphonomy
10  cards

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