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(Answers) to Archeology Post-Test

 

 

So What is Archaeology?

Post-test

1. Taking one or two unrecorded artifacts from a site does make a difference. T F
2. Another word for archaeology is paleontology. T F
3. Native Americans lived in many types of structures including tepees. T F
4. Archaeologists study dinosaurs. T F
5. Archaeologists only dig prehistoric sites. T F
6. Native Americans have lived in Iowa for thousands of years. T F
7. New discoveries can be made from ancient Native American archaeological sites. T F
8. Prehistory was just when cavemen and dinosaurs lived. T F
9. Only advanced civilizations have culture; others do not. T F
10. Archaeologists are pot hunters. T F
11. Prehistoric Native American peoples did not ride horses. T F
12. All Native Americans hunted with bow and arrows. T F
13. Archaeologists dig with many different tools, not just with shovels. T F
14. An archaeological site is only a place where a large group of people once lived. T F
15. Archaeologists look for pretty objects to sell to museums. T F

 






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Yellow River Bridge Trail Heading Towards the Heritage Addition

Did You Know?
In the summer of 1831 Lieutenant Jefferson Davis — later Secretary of War and President of the Confederate States of America — superintended work at a U.S. Army sawmill now located within the "Heritage Addition" of Effigy Mounds National Monument.
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