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European Upper Paleolithic industries are characterized by large numbers of |
| | A) | flakes |
| | B) | blades |
| | C) | core tools |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The term indirect percussion means that |
| | A) | the hammerstone does not directly contact the flint core |
| | B) | many blades can be struck from a single core |
| | C) | the core is struck by a soft hammer made of bone or wood |
| | D) | the hammerstone strikes the core to detach a flake |
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Upper Paleolithic blades |
| | A) | were removed from cores using the punch technique |
| | B) | were used to make a variety of tools including spearpoints and burins |
| | C) | are twice as long as they are wide |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The radiocarbon method can be used to date |
| | A) | bones and seeds |
| | B) | pottery |
| | C) | stone tools |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Radiocarbon is |
| | A) | formed in the upper atmosphere |
| | B) | present in small quantitied in all living things |
| | C) | a heavy, radioactive isotope of carbon know as carbon-14 |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Conventional radiocarbon dating is used to date |
| | A) | organic materials that are more than 40,000 years old |
| | B) | organic materials that are less than 40,000 years old |
| | C) | any artifact that this less than 40,000 years old |
| | D) | artifacts and ecofacts of any age |
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Place these periods in the correct chronological order from oldest to youngest: |
| | A) | Aurignacian, Gravettian, Magdalenian, Solutrean |
| | B) | Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean, Magdalenian |
| | C) | Gravettian, Aurignacian, Solutrean, Magdalenian |
| | D) | Aurignacian, Solutrean, Gravettian, Magdalenian |
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Laurel leaf points are typical of the |
| | A) | Aurignacian |
| | B) | Gravettian |
| | C) | Solutrean |
| | D) | Magdalenian |
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Barbed antler points known as harpoons first appear in the |
| | A) | Aurignacian |
| | B) | Gravettian |
| | C) | Solutrean |
| | D) | Magdalenian |
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Which of the following is not an Upper Paleolithic innovation? |
| | A) | spear throwers |
| | B) | needles with eyes |
| | C) | stone spear points |
| | D) | use of the punch technique |
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The archaeological evidence from the site of Verberie in the Paris Basin indicates that |
| | A) | the Verberie hunters captured large numbers of reindeer during their fall migration |
| | B) | The Verberie hunters captured reindeer as they were encountered throughout the year |
| | C) | reindeer made up only a small part of the Upper Paleolithic diet at Verberie |
| | D) | the Verberie hunters relied on a diverse range of fish and small game |
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The excavations at the site of La Riera in Spain showed that |
| | A) | reindeer were the most important game species throughout the occupation of the cave |
| | B) | through time the diet became more diverse, with the addition of marine fish and shellfish |
| | C) | the cave's inhabitants relied heavily on fresh-water fish |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following hunting techniques were used by Upper Paleolithic hunters in Europe? |
| | A) | spears and spear throwers |
| | B) | bows and arrows |
| | C) | drives and surrounds |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The settlement pattern evidence from Europe during the Upper Paleolithic includes |
| | A) | only small sites that could have been occupied by no more than a few families |
| | B) | only large cave sites that contain art |
| | C) | no open-air settlement, only cave sites |
| | D) | both small sites and larger aggregation sites that may have been occupied on a seasonal basis |
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The distribution of bones, stone tools and other artifacts revealed the location of a series of small habitations or huts at |
| | A) | Pincevent |
| | B) | Picareiro Cave |
| | C) | Étiolles |
| | D) | La Riera |
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Which of the following activities took place at the site of Étiolles? |
| | A) | reindeer hunting |
| | B) | bone working |
| | C) | flint quarrying and knapping |
| | D) | rabbit hunting |
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Upper Paleolithic hunters adapted to the cold, periglacial climates of the Russian steppes by |
| | A) | burning large amounts of timber for fuel |
| | B) | making clothing from fur-bearing animals such as fox and hare |
| | C) | moving their campsites every few weeks |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Mammoth bone dwellings were recovered from which of the following Upper Paleolithic site? |
| | A) | Kostenki I |
| | B) | Étiolles |
| | C) | Mezhirich |
| | D) | Pincevent |
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The Windermere interstadial marks |
| | A) | the end of the ice age |
| | B) | a cold period that lasted for about 500 years |
| | C) | the coldest phase of the last glaciation |
| | D) | a late glacial warm period |
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The Younger Dryas event |
| | A) | is marked by an increase in arctic plants, such as the mountain avens, in Europe |
| | B) | may have been caused by the draining of Lake Agassiz |
| | C) | represents a short-lived return to full glacial conditions at the end of the ice age |
| | D) | all of the above |
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At the site of Stellmoor in northern Germany, late Pleistocene hunters hunted reindeer with |
| | A) | bows and arrows |
| | B) | wooden spears |
| | C) | spearthrowers |
| | D) | traps and snares |
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