og第120 mayan pottery文章意思没看懂，求解！

豆菲

The earliest Mayanpottery found at Colha,in Belize,is about3,000 years old. Recently, however, 4,500-year-old
stone agriculturalimplements were unearthed at Colha.These implements resemble Mayan stoneimplements
of a much later period, alsofound at Colha. Moreover, the implements' designs are strikingly different from the
designs of stone implementsproduced by other cultures known to haveinhabited the area in prehistorictimes.
Therefore, there were surely Mayan settlements in Colha 4,500 years ago.

Which of the following, if true, most seriouslyweakens the argument?

(A)Ceramic ware is not known tohave been used by theMayan people to make agriculturalimplements.
(B)Carbon-dating of corn pollen in Colhaindicates that agriculture began therearound 4,500 years ago.
(C)Archaeological evidence indicates thatsome of the oldest stoneimplements found at Colha wereused to
cut away vegetation after controlled burning oftrees to open areas ofswampland for cultivation.

(0)   Successor cultures at a given site often adopt the style of agricultural implements used by earlier
inhabitants of thesame site.
(E)   Many religious and socialinstitutions of the Mayan peoplewho inhabitedColha 3,000 years ago relied on
a highly developed systemof agriculturalsymbols.

These implements resemble Mayan stone implements
of a much later period, alsofound at Colha. 这句话的意思是发现的4500年前的implements像 在c这地方发现的年代较之更靠后的mayan implements么?
文章的意思是因为4500年前的implements像mayan的，所以就是mayan.然后d反驳的是，可能是后来的mayan模仿4500年前那时的人，所以不是mayan?

houhaibo528

额，是啊

The earliest Mayanpottery found at Colha,in Belize,is about3,000 years old. Recently, however, 4,500-year-old
stone agriculturalimplements were unearthed at Colha.These implements resemble Mayan stoneimplements
of a much later period, alsofound at Colha. Moreover, the implements' designs are strikingly different from the
designs of stone implementsproduced by other cultures known to haveinhabited the area in prehistorictimes.
Therefore, there were surely Mayan settlements in Colha 4,500 years ago.

Which of the following, if true, most seriouslyweakens the argument?

(A)Ceramic ware is not known tohave been used by theMayan people to make agriculturalimplements.
(B)Carbon-dating of corn pollen in Colhaindicates that agriculture began therearound 4,500 years ago.
(C)Archaeological evidence indicates thatsome of the oldest stoneimplements found at Colha wereused to
cut away vegetation after controlled burning oftrees to open areas ofswampland for cultivation.

(0)   Successor cultures at a given site often adopt the style of agricultural implements used by earlier
inhabitants of thesame site.
(E)   Many religious and socialinstitutions of the Mayan peoplewho inhabitedColha 3,000 years ago relied on
a highly developed systemof agriculturalsymbols.

These implements resemble Mayan stone implements
of a much later period, alsofound at Colha. 这句话的意思是发现的4500年前的implements像 在c这地方发现的年代较之更靠后的mayan implements么?
文章的意思是因为4500年前的implements像mayan的，所以就是mayan.然后d反驳的是，可能是后来的mayan模仿4500年前那时的人，所以不是mayan?

-- by 会员 豆菲 (2011/9/3 15:12:09)

烈火青春

D的意思是后继文明使用的农具与当地早期居民所使用的风格类似。
所以这很有可能是后来Mayan在前人的风格基础上copy来的，这不能说明玛雅人在4500年前就住在C了。

cuican1432

那为什么一开始可以断定石头是4500年前的呢？？？？
如果断定石头的话不应该是用科学的角度来客观肯定的来断定吧？
4500-year-old stone agricultural implements were unearthed at Colha  既然作者本来就这么肯定了，那石头不就是4500 year old 么，用科学的角度讲 = =

枪花与蜜糖

同问，既然4500是既定事实，无论谁模仿谁，玛雅人在当时都已经存在。