While preparing a presentation on the diet of the Ancestral Puebloans, a student takes the following notes:
* Archaeologists analyzed organic residue on pottery vessels from an eleventh-century Ancestral Puebloan site in Utah.
* The residue analysis revealed traces of cultivated crops, including maize and squash, as well as wild grasses.
* No traces of animal fats, meat, or other animal products were detected on the analyzed vessels.
* Maize and squash were major agricultural products of the region during this period.
The student wants to support the claim that the diet of the Ancestral Puebloans at this site was primarily plant-based. Which choice most effectively uses information from the given notes to accomplish this goal?
- AArchaeologists discovered pottery vessels dating back to the eleventh century at an Ancestral Puebloan site in Utah.
- BThe presence of animal fats and meat residue on the pottery vessels shows that the Ancestral Puebloans balanced their diet with wild game.
- Residue analysis of pottery vessels from the Utah site revealed traces of maize, squash, and wild grasses, but no traces of animal products.Cevap
- DAncestral Puebloans at the Utah site preferred to eat wild grasses because hunting wild game in the eleventh century was highly inefficient.
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Residue analysis of pottery vessels from the Utah site revealed traces of maize, squash, and wild grasses, but no traces of animal products.
The option describing residue analysis results that found traces of plant foods and no animal products is correct because it directly uses facts from the notes (the presence of maize, squash, and wild grasses, and the absence of animal residue) to support the claim that the diet was primarily plant-based.
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Supporting claims using rhetorical synthesis of provided notes
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