AoNA Quizzes Exam 2

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Question 1 1 / 1 pts Carbon isotope analysis of skeletal material indicates that ________________ was becoming an increasingly important part of indigenous diets in the Eastern Woodlands by 750 C.E. Deer meat Horse meat Maize Wheat Squash Maize became increasingly important to indigenous diets in the Eastern Woodlands by 750 CE Question 2 1 / 1 pts What innovation altered the nature of both hunting and warfare throughout North America from about 600 C.E. to approximately 800 C.E.? Metallurgy Bow and arrow Obsidian projectile points Gunpowder Domesticated horses The bow and arrow were important innovations to the nature of hunting and warfare throughout North America from 600-800 CE

Question 3 1 / 1 pts Platform mounds at Mississippian sites were the location for: Elite residences Temples Mortuary buildings Charnel houses All of the above Platform mounds in Mississippian sites were the location for elite residences, temples, mortuary buildings, and charnel houses. Question 4 1 / 1 pts Warfare and the importance of ancestors are important symbolic themes in the artwork of the __________________. Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Hopewell trade network Paleoindian cave-dwellers at Meadowcroft Mimbres tradition Gravettian folk tradition Warfare and the importance of ancestors are primary themes in the artwork of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, themes that are also echoed in burial practices and defensive works at Mississippian sites. Question 5

1 / 1 pts Historical evidence testifying to the occurrence of human sacrifice at the burials of Natchez elites comes from: Natchez oral tradition The De Leon expedition The observations of the French explorer Du Pratz Decapitated skeletons The Windover site The Natchez (Naches) Indians are an excellent example of a Mississippian chiefdom in action. They were visited by the French explorer Du Pratz and others in the early eighteenth century. The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians was located in what is now Natchez, Mississippi. Du Pratz witnessed human sacrifice there. Question 6 1 / 1 pts Archaeologists believe that many Mississippian societies were led by chieftains who signaled their rank in part by living on mounds. True False Chiefs signaled their rank in part by living in large houses atop platform mounds. Question 7 1 / 1 pts What geographic type of Mississippian did the Natchez belong to? Plaquemine

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