Author Question: The Folsom site in New Mexico was discovered by a. George McJunkin, an ex-slave and rancher. b. ... (Read 53 times)

AEWBW · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

The Folsom site in New Mexico was discovered by

a. George McJunkin, an ex-slave and rancher.
b. Jesse Figgins, director of the Colorado Museum of Nature and Science.
c. Boucher de Perthes, a French customs official and naturalist.
d. A. V. Kidder, Founder of Anthropological Archaeology.
e. the textbook authors, Robert Kelly and David Thomas

Question 2

It is essential that archaeologists take abundant, accurate, and detailed field notes during excavations because

a. archaeology destroys data as it is gathered; once a site is excavated it cannot be re-excavated.
b. federal legislation mandates abundant, accurate, and detailed field notes.
c. archaeology students generally learn field techniques from these notes.
d. none of the above; it is not essential because archaeologists can always go back and reconstruct the excavation later.
e. archaeologists very often forget what they have accomplished after the excavation is complete and they go home.