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119. The earliest Mayan pottery found at Colha, inBelize, is about 3,000 years old. Recently, however, 4,500-year-old stoneagricultural implements were unearthed at Colha. These implements resembleMayan stone implements of a much later period, also found at Colha. Moreover,the implements’ designs are strikingly different from the designs of stoneimplements produced by other cultures known to have inhabited the area inprehistoric times. Therefore, there were surely Mayan settlements in Colha4,500 years ago.
Which of the following, if true, most seriouslyweakens the argument? (A) Ceramic wareis not known to have been used by the Mayan people to make agriculturalimplements. (B) Carbon-dating of cornpollen in Colha indicates that agriculture began there around 4,500 years ago. (C) Archaeologicalevidence indicates that some of the oldest stone implements found at Colha wereused to cut away vegetation after controlled burning of trees to open areasof swampland for cultivation. (D) Successor cultures ata given site often adopt the style of agricultural implements used by earlierinhabitants of the same site. (E) Many religious and social institutionsof the Mayan people who inhabited Colha 3,000 years ago relied on a highlydeveloped system of agricultural symbols.
这道题我选对了，但是还是不理解题意。OG解释说thesimilarity between the 4,500-year-old implements and the later Mayan implementsmay be attributed to the Mayans’ adopting the style of implements used earlierby another culture.
可是这个怎么削弱文章的结论：Therefore, there were surely Mayan settlements in Colha 4,500 years ago.
求大神指教！！！！！
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