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Module 2

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) a form of absolute dating
b) a form of relative dating
c) a type of functional typology
d) conducted on ceramics only

Question 2:


a) 1 to 10 per cent
b) 10 to 20 per cent
c) less than 1 per cent
d) 1 to 5 per cent

Question 3:


a) Dendrochronology
b) Amino acid racemization (AAR)
c) Potassium-argon dating
d) Radiocarbon dating

Question 4:


a) Seriation dating methods
b) Biostratigraphic dating methods
c) The law of superposition
d) Isotopic dating methods

Question 5:


a) frequency and contextual
b) stratigraphic and contextual
c) typology and frequency
d) biostratigraphy and potassium-argon