L3
讲座
1. In discussing ancient Mesoamerican pottery what is the professor’s main focus?
Issues in determining where the pottery was produced
The use of pottery fragments to investigate local dietary traditions
The difficulty of identifying when pottery became an established tradition
Reasons why pottery fragments are extremely durable
2. Why does the professor mention the wide variety of uses for pottery?
To illustrate the lifestyle of Mesoamericans after they established permanent settlements
To point out the kind of evidence that researchers use for dating pottery
To give one reason why pottery fragments are very common at archaeological sites
To explain why Mesoamericans used many different types of clay
3. According to the professor, what was one difference between making flaked and making ancient pottery?
Making stone tools involved less social interaction
Making stone tools required less skill.
Making stone tools was more time-consuming
Making stone tools produced more leftover material
4. What does the professor emphasize when she mentions cooking hearths?
Their surprising association with some preagricultural societies
Their similarity to the facilities that were used for firing clay
The ritual purposes for which they were sometimes used
The durability of the materials from which they were made
5. What does the professor imply about the claim that most Mesoamerican potters were women?
It has never been seriously investigated by archaeologists
It is reasonable, even though the evidence for it is indirect
It is generally dismissed, because it is based only on ethnographic accounts.
It has been disproven by several recent discoveries
6. Why does the professor say this:
To point out that there are no adequate answers to the man’s questions
To help the man recognize that he has made an incorrect assumption
To indicate to the man that she agrees with his conclusion
To inquire about the source of the man’s information
