Contact Archaeology is about understanding Indigenous ways of thinking and living, rather than understanding the groups with whom Indigenous people came into contact.Question 24Select one:TrueFalse

Which of the following ways in archaeology can we use to investigate changes in indigenous societies following contact?Question 18Answera.Material culture and technological changeb.Patterns of settlement and subsistencec.Ethnographiesd.All of the above

What best describes the focus of archaeology?Question 6Answera.Finding valuable artefacts.b.Studying prehistoric societies.c.Human origins and evolution. d.The material culture people leave behind including tools, food, and shelters.

Australian Archaeology shows Indigenous agency and demonstrate their proactive, rather than reactive, resilience as a living culture.Question 25Select one:TrueFalse

Indigenous artists communicate understanding of and perspectives from their ancestors that were interrupted by colonisation.Group of answer choicesTrueFalse

Tuesday’s lecture discussed the notion of the anthropological imaginary regarding indigenous people. Which of the following best describes this ‘imaginary’?Group of answer choicesThe conceptual image of indigenous people developed by anthropology that fits closely with how indigenous groups conceive of themselves.The speculative scientific idea that indigeneity is a measurable physical category.The application of imaginative anthropological methods to understand diverse population groups.The anthropological idea that primarily locates indigenous peoples in humanity’s past.