OG 12 - 28 请教

lujie21

226. (GWD-4-34) (OG12-28)
Building on civilizations that preceded them in coastal Peru, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting other wild and domestic resources.
A.    based on cultivating such crops like corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and shellfish, and exploiting
B.    based on the cultivation of such crops as corn and beans, the harvesting of fish and seafood, and the exploitation of
C.    and basing it on the cultivation of crops like corn and beans, harvesting fish and seafood, and the exploiting of
D.    and they based it on their cultivation of crops such as corn and beans, the harvest of fish and seafood, and exploiting      
E.    and they based it on their cultivating such crops like corn and beans, their harvest of fish and shellfish, and they exploited
答案是B
大全里的解释是：

题目释义：Building on …, the Mochica developed their own elaborate society, based on the cultivation of …, the harvesting of …, and the exploitation of …  
based on从句修饰elaborate society； the cultivation of …, the harvesting of …, and the exploitation of …

我的问题是：
为什么based on从句可以修饰elaborate society. 不是要Which 定语从句 来修饰elaborate society吗？我没见过过去分词在逗号之后，来直接修饰前面名词。请指教。

cyx3271

同求解

lujie21

经过我的考查，是可以的。就记住这个用法吧！