1. Compare the initial spread of hominins/modern humans in the Old World to the first peopling of the NewWorld/Americas. Describe the first migrations in the Old World and the New World and compare the timing andtechnologies required for these migrations. Include relevant archaeological evidence to support your statements(sites, artifacts, routes, subsistence strategies, etc.)
2. Compare an Old World city to a New World city. Drawing from relevant archaeological evidence (sites, artifacts,etc.), describe two similarities and two differences and discuss the implications of these similarities/differences toour understanding of pre-modern/industrial cities.
3. What is archaeology? Describe the aims of this discipline, how it differs from bad or pseudo-archaeology or treasurehunting. Discuss the different ways in which archaeology (for better or for worse) has been used by modernpopulations, using examples from lectures and sections. In your opinion, does archaeological research have a placein our contemporary society (provide support for this claim)?