ARCHAEOLOGY- A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 3: Technology

1. Why does Bahn suggest the stone age should have been called the old wood age?

2. What is experimental archaeology and why is it used? (Arch 58-59)

2. What is ethnoarchaeology and why is it used?

3. What is seismic archaeology and how has it been useful?

4. How has the archaeological study of agricultural technology been useful? Give 2
detailed examples.
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5. What types of ecological disasters can archaeology uncover?

a. What are three famous examples?

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b. How can this be helpful to current generations?