問題一覧
1
Which lead isotope creates 232Th?
208Pb
2
The study of pollen is called what?
palynology
3
What age do children get their first set of milk teeth?
3 years
4
What information from animal bones can help us understand diet at a site
species , species count , body parts , butchery marks
5
What year does a child second molar erupt?
12 years
6
Which lead isotope is primordial?
204Pb
7
When was the CBA implement petrology group formed?
1952
8
Where does obsidian come from?
volcanic matter
9
Which of the following terms is NOT used to describe a type of void we might see in a ceramic thin section?
circular
10
Which of these bones is found in the axial skeleton
skull
11
What animal husbandry strategy would see a large number of sheep killed at a very young age?
milk
12
Which of the following is the correct physicaldefinition of glass?
glass is a solid state of matter with short-range order, but no long-range order
13
Which lead isotope creates 235U?
207Pb
14
In Metalwork Wear Analysis, secure trace interpretation is built on:
A painstaking comparison between ancient and experimentally recreated traces
15
Not all pathological conditions will leave a trace on the skeleton. An example of a chronic disease that might be encountered is?
Tuberculosis
16
What are the three major Milankovitch cycles called?
Obliquity, axial precession, orbital eccentricity
17
Which of the following statements about metallography is NOT true?
Metallography may be used to trace metal artefacts back to their geological sources
18
The extremities of the long bones that fuse during adolescence are called the?
epiphysis
19
Bubbles of air trapped in ice cores provide a direct record of past atmospheric composition, and a (answer) record of temperature
proxy
20
Which of these microfossils is more likely to preserve better in a sandy, oxygen rich soil?
cereal phytolith
21
What age does a child 1st molar erupt?
6 years
22
mahich of these bones form part of the skull?
mandbible , zygomatic , parietal
23
What does GC-MS stand for?
gas chromatography mass spectrometry
24
Why are osteoblasts?
cells that form bone by depositing hydroxyapatite
25
Recovery of wet macrofossils by wet driving is also know as…
flotation
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What are osteocytes?
living bone cells developed from osteoblasts
27
The thoracic vertebrae of the spine typically number?
Twelve
28
Which catagory of bones would a pelvis be sorted in to?
flat bones
29
The spongy bone that makes up the internal structure of a bone is called?
trabecular bone
30
What are osteoclasts?
cells responsible for the restoration of bone tissue
31
An inhumation burial that is found lying faced down is called a?
prone burial
32
By how much does δN15 get enriched per trophic level?
+3‰
33
What is chert formed from?
limestone
34
What is flint formed from?
chalk
35
The areas of the adult skeleton used in osteological ageing methods include?
auricular surface , pubic symphysis, sternal rib ends
36
Which of the following statements about using analytical chemistry to detect ancient glass recycling is INCORRECT?
Recycling can be detected by the colour of the glass e.g., brown glass has been recycled, whereas colourless glass has not
37
In relation to stable isotopes, the symbol ‰ stands for?
parts per millionth
38
Which lead isotope creates 238U?
206Pb