End of Term Test 91204

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End of Term Test 9/12/04
Project design / landscape archaeology /
archaeological surveying Geophysical
surveying Durham archaeology Artefact studies
conservation Excavation publication
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Project design / landscape archaeology /
archaeological surveying Youre planning an
archaeological project. Put these project design
stages into the most appropriate order. a)
analyse data, b) publish data, c) define research
questions, d) collect data. What is a
hachure? a) axe, b) door, c) line used on maps
to indicate slope, or d) unit of measurement Why
would you use an auger on an archaeological
site? a) boring holes, b) taking bearings, c)
measuring distance or d) reading religious
omens. Which of the following is a type of
aerial photograph? a) horizontal, b) oblique, c)
acute or d) obtuse In which season do cropmarks
show up best? a) winter, b) spring, c) summer, or
d) autumn
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Does this aerial photograph show a a) soil
mark, b) earthwork shadow, c) standing remains,
or d) cropmark?
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What percentage of the island has been sampled by
this fieldwalking survey? a) 10, b) 20, c)
30, or d) 40
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• What does OS stand for?
• On Site, b) Ordnance Survey, c) Ordered
  Stratigraphy or d) Occasional Signs
• Which category of material would you NOT expect
  to find during a field survey?
• pottery, b) tile, c) textile or d) stone
• What does GIS stand for?
• Geological Information Service, b) Geographical
  Information Systems, c) Global Internet System,
  or d) General Investigative Survey
• What does GPS stand for?
• a) Geographical Profiling System b) Greek Polis
  Survey, c) Global Precision Survey, or d) Global
  Positioning System

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• Geophysical surveying
• What do archaeologists call the features
  discovered by geophysical survey?
• stratigraphy, b) anomalies, c) palimpsest, or d)
  stacks
• Which geophysical technique would be the most
  effective for detecting a Roman bath house?
• a) magnetometry, b) resistivity, c) ground
  penetrating radar, or d) metal detector
• Which geophysical technique uses an electrical
  current?
• a) magnetometry, b) resistivity, c) ground
  penetrating radar, or d) sonar

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• Which geophysical technique would you use to
  assess a small, deeply-stratified urban site?
• magnetometry, b) resistivity, c) ground
  penetrating radar, or d) dowsing
• What would produce the strongest positive signal
  (i.e. greatest resistance) to an electrical
  current?
• a) stone wall, b) ditch, c) undisturbed natural,
  or d) metal axe.

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Durham archaeology What is the principal river of
County Durham? a) Wear, b) Tees, c) Tyne, d)
Esk Put the following archaeological periods
into chronological order a) Anglo-Saxon, b)
Bronze Age, c) Iron Age, d) Mesolithic,
e) Neolithic f) Roman Which mineral was NOT
mined in County Durham? a) lead, b) iron, c) tin,
or d) coal Who wrote the Ecclesiastical History
of the English People? a) Venerable Bede, b) St
Cuthbert, c) St Wilfred, or d) Diocletian And
where did he live? a) Lindisfarne, b) Jarrow, c)
Escombe or d) Witton Gilbert
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Artefact studies and conservation What do
archaeologists call a group of related
artefacts? a) collection, b) ensemble, c)
community, or d) assemblage Which of the
following processes prevents artefacts entering
the archaeological record? a) deliberate burial,
b) accidental loss, c) breakage or d) recycling
In conservation studies, what does RIP stand
for? a) Rest in Peace, b) Revelation
Investigation Preservation, c) Roman Invasion
Policy, or d) Recovery Interrogation Prevention
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You find a leather shoe on a waterlogged site. Do
you a) keep it wet, b) put it on a radiator to
dry out, c) spray it with wax, or d) wash it with
soap? Bronze is an alloy of a) copper/iron, b)
iron/lead, c) lead/copper, or d)
copper/tin? What is the archaeological study of
changing artefact form called? a) taxonomy, b)
evolution, c) typology or d) classification
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Archaeological excavation and publication After
who is the stratigraphic matrix system named? a)
Reeves, b) Barker, c) Wheeler, d) Harris What is
the side of a trench called? a) section, b) plan,
c) stratigraphy, d) spoilheap What is the
archaeological name given to a discrete feature
(e.g. wall, layer, pit) during excavation? a)
level, b) context, c) frame, or d) zone What
does ADS stand for? a) Archaeology Data Service,
b) Automatic Desktop System, c) Archaeology
Dissemination Service, or d) Antiquated Data
System
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Festive decider questions What is the height in
metres of the central tower of Durham
cathedral? And how many steps to the top?
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ANSWERS
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Project design/landscape archaeology/archaeologica
l surveying Put these project design stages into
the most appropriate order. a) analyse data, b)
publish data, c) define research questions, d)
collect data. CDAB What is a hachure? a) axe,
b) door, c) line used on maps to indicate slope,
or d) unit of measurement Why would you use an
auger on an archaeological site? a) boring holes,
b) taking bearings, c) measuring distance or d)
reading religious omens. Which of the following
is a type of aerial photograph? a) horizontal, b)
oblique, c) acute or d) obtuse In which season
do cropmarks show up best? a) winter, b) spring,
c) summer, or d) autumn
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Does this aerial photograph show a a) soil
mark, b) earthwork shadow, c) standing remains,
or d) cropmark?
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What percentage of the island has been sampled by
this fieldwalking survey? a) 10, b) 20, c)
30, or d) 40
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• What does OS stand for?
• On Site, b) Ordnance Survey, c) Ordered
  Stratigraphy or d) Occasional Signs
• Which category of material would you NOT expect
  to find during a field survey?
• pottery, b) tile, c) textile or d) stone
• What does GIS stand for?
• Geological Information Service, b) Geographical
  Information Systems, c) Global Internet System,
  or d) General Investigative Survey
• What does GPS stand for?
• a) Geographical Profiling System b) Greek Polis
  Survey, c) Global Precision Survey, or d) Global
  Positioning System

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• Geophysical surveying
• What do archaeologists call the features
  discovered by geophysical survey?
• stratigraphy, b) anomalies, c) palimpsest, or d)
  stacks
• Which geophysical technique would be the most
  effective for detecting a Roman bath house?
• a) magnetometry, b) resistivity, c) ground
  penetrating radar, or d) metal detector
• Which geophysical technique uses an electrical
  current?
• a) magnetometry, b) resistivity, c) ground
  penetrating radar, or d) sonar

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• Which geophysical technique would you use to
  assess a small, deeply-stratified urban site?
• magnetometry, b) resistivity, c) ground
  penetrating radar, or d) dowsing
• What would produce the strongest positive signal
  (i.e. greatest resistance) to an electrical
  current?
• a) stone wall, b) ditch, c) undisturbed natural,
  or d) metal axe.

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Durham archaeology What is the principal river of
County Durham? a) Wear, b) Tees, c) Tyne, d)
Esk Put the following archaeological periods
into chronological order a) Anglo-Saxon, b)
Bronze Age, c) Iron Age, d) Mesolithic, e)
Neolithic f) Roman DEBCFA Which
mineral was NOT mined in County Durham? a) lead,
b) iron, c) tin, or d) coal Who wrote the
Ecclesiastical History of the English People? a)
Venerable Bede, b) St Cuthbert, c) St Wilfred, or
d) Diocletian And where did he live? a)
Lindisfarne, b) Jarrow, c) Escombe or d) Witton
Gilbert
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Artefact studies and conservation What do
archaeologists call a group of related
artefacts? a) collection, b) ensemble, c)
community, or d) assemblage Which of the
following processes prevents artefacts entering
the archaeological record? a) deliberate burial,
b) accidental loss, c) breakage or
d) recycling In conservation studies, what
does RIP stand for? a) Rest in Peace, b)
Revelation Investigation Preservation, c) Roman
Invasion Policy, or d) Recovery Interrogation
Prevention
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You find a leather shoe on a waterlogged site. Do
you a) keep it wet, b) put it on a radiator to
dry out, c) spray it with wax, or d) wash it with
soap? Bronze is an alloy of a) copper/iron, b)
iron/lead, c) lead/copper, or d)
copper/tin? What is the archaeological study of
changing artefact form called? a) taxonomy, b)
evolution, c) typology or d) classification
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Archaeological excavation and publication After
who is the stratigraphic matrix system named? a)
Reeves, b) Barker, c) Wheeler, d) Harris What is
the side of a trench called? a) section, b) plan,
c) stratigraphy, d) spoilheap What is the
archaeological name given to a discrete feature
(e.g. wall, layer, pit) during excavation? a)
level, b) context, c) frame, or d) zone What
does ADS stand for? a) Archaeology Data Service,
b) Automatic Desktop System, c) Archaeology
Dissemination Service, or d) Antiquated Data
System
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Festive decider questions What is the height in
metres of the central tower of Durham
cathedral? 67m And how many steps to the
top? 325 steps
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January 2005 and Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year!