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Data on modern and historic peasant communities suggest that individuals and communities specialize in ceramic production for trade primarily to offset subsistence shortfalls arising from inadequate or insufficient agricultural land. Harry investigated whether this correlation of ceramic specialization with agricultural marginality occurred among prehistoric inhabitants of the American Southwest. At Arizona’s West Branch site, occupied A.D.900-1100, abundant pottery manufacturing materials suggest villagewide ceramic production in excess of that needed for household purposes. Harry points out, however, that if West Branch residents exchanged pots for food, one would expect the villages with which they traded to have produced more consistent food surpluses than West Branch did. In fact, the West Branch village appears to have been located in an area with better agricultural conditions than those of the pottery-consuming settlements.

Which of the following, if discovered to be true, would most tend to suggest that the "correlation" mentioned in the passage held true for the people of the West Branch site?

The ceramic technology used at the West Branch site was superior to that used at other villages in the region.

West Branch residents traded with communities located in a region that was agriculturally less productive than West Branch.

Soil at the West Branch site was deficient in nutrients essential to agriculture during the time the site was inhabited.

Rainfall at the West Branch site was generally favorable for agriculture between A.D.900 and 1100.

Inhabitants of the West Branch site regularly traveled to neighboring villages for trading purposes.

Select one answer choice.

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