Which of the following is true of the Hudson-Meng site in northwest Nebraska?
a. Taphonomic research suggests that humans played little, if any, role in the deaths of the 500 bison at the site.
b. The presence of hundreds of projectile points among the bison bone strongly suggests the bison were dispatched by human hunters.
c. The presence of unequivocal cutmarks on many of the bison bone provides strong evidence of butchery by humans.
d. The fact that most of the bison bones were highly disarticulated and scattered provides evidence of butchering by humans.
e. Based on studies elsewhere the bison were determined to have been shot, or they froze to death or died of old age.
Question 2
Exploring the possible ways to make a projectile point is an example of _________, while observing the way a living group of people make projectile points is an example of _________.
a. experimental archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
b. middle-level research; general theory
c. ethnoarchaeology; experimental archaeology
d. general theory; middle level research
e. ethnoarchaeology; general theory
Viking Lander 2 site May 1979
Image was downloaded from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory web site
Drug Interaction with Receptor Site
Adapoids and omomyoids had longer snouts and are the first “true” primates.
Biological anthropologists map skeletal remains from a prehistoric site.
Anterosuperior view of true pelvis (blue)