Anth 3511 Professor Gibbon

Mid-Term Study Guide

The mid-term is divided into two parts, each worth 50 points. Think about apportioning your time so that each part gets equal attention.

Be prepared to describe the major developments through time in one of the following culture areas: Great Plains, Arctic, Northwest Coast, California, Great Basin, Plateau. Support your description with the names of time periods, cultures, sites, tool types, and trends, and so on, as appropriate to the area. About 25 minutes or slightly less.

Briefly identify five of the following terms. Identify it to area and time period, if appropriate. What is its significance in North American archaeology? Think in terms of five minutes or slightly less for each term.

Pre-Clovis Culture
Paleo-Indian
Dorset
Thule
Desert Archaic
Fremont Culture
Norse in America
Hernando de Soto
Francisco Coronado
Mound Builders
Holocene
Plains Village Indians
Arctic Small Tool Tradition
Clovis
Shield Archaic
Midwestern Taxonomic System
Bering Land Bridge
Altithermal
Optimal Foraging Theory
Archaic

Think about logically organizing your answer and writing clearly. Remember that your instructor is becoming dimwitted and has fading eyesight.