Chapter 7 Anthro Questions

David Rindos argues that plant domestication came about because

According to Bruce Smith, the ancestors of domesticated seed plants were

To be dispersed successfully in its wild state, wheat requires

Compared with wild wheat, domesticated wheat

What are the four evidences for animal domestication?

Why is the discovery of remains of many immature male herd animals at a site taken as evidence of human involvement with a herd?

The earliest evidence for goat herding dates to about

The stage in human-animal relationships that is characterized by selective hunting of herds is called

In which stage in human-animal relationships do people begin to control the movements of a herd?

Richard Meadow argues that herding represents a complete change in human attitudes toward and relationships with animals. Why?

What are the theories for the cause of domestication?

A population is living off a secure subsistence base, eating plants and animals caught by hunting, fishing, and gathering. The population expands, and as it does, it puts pressure on the resource base, forcing people to eat "third-choice" foods, especially grains. They discovered that the grain responded to human efforts to increase yields, and they came to rely increasingly on it. This scenario would fit best with which of the following theories of agricultural development?

A modern multiple-strand theory of domestication includes the local effects of

The first evidence of the cultural tradition called the Natufian is found at about how many years before the present?

What evidence is there that the Natufians lived in relatively permanent settlements?

The evidence form Natufian burials leads scholars like Donald Henry to conclude that

How did the Natufians respond to the changes in the resources they depended on?

The appearance of domesticated plants is taken to be the end of one great cultural period and the beginning of another. The period that ENDS with the beginning of domestication is called the

What was one of the first crops domesticated in SW Asia?

The culture in which the agriculture subsistence strategy expanded rapidly was the

In Mesoamerica, which of the following appeared together?

Archaleologists are coming to agree that domestication was everywhere invented by

As cited in the text, Zeder and Smith argue that people

What was a consequence of domestication?

Following Polanyi, Rhonda Halperin connects locational movements or "changes of place" which

Following Polanyi, Rhonda Halperin connects appropriational movements or "changes of hands" with

Which of the following is archaeological evidence for social complexity?

What are some forms of monumental architecture?

Archaeologists digging at a site in southwest Asia find a series of burials that differ in size, construction, and the quantity of objects found in each. The archaeologist might conclude that the society responsible for the burial was

Michael Hoffman suggested that the massive expenditure of resources by early elites on luxury goods was a

What categories of human societies do archaeologists ordinarily assign assemblages?

The characteristic form of social organization among forages is the

In bands, labor is usually divided by

The term "transegalitarian society" is

In a rank society , a chief is given greater

A society in which one person and his relatives have privileged access to wealth, power, and prestige is called a

What are the characteristics of a state?

When archaeologists find unique styles in architecture, pottery, textiles, and other artifacts distributed uniformly over a wide area, they call this a

Objects buried with a corpse are known as

Sherds are pieces of broken