Archaeologists have held that the Casarabe culture, which emerged in the
southwestern Amazon basin in the first millennium CE, was characterized
by a sparse, widely distributed population and little intervention in the
surrounding wilderness. Recently, however, archaeologist Heiko Prümers
and colleagues conducted a study of the region using remote-sensing
technology that enabled them to create three-dimensional images of the
jungle-covered landscape from above, and the researchers concluded that
the Casarabe people developed a form of urbanism in the Amazon basin.
Which finding about the remote-sensing images, if true, would most
directly support Prümers and colleagues' conclusion?
Choose 1 answer:
A They show shapes consistent with widely separated settlements of
roughly equal small size surrounded by uncultivated jungle.
They show shapes consistent with long-distance footpaths
running from Casarabe territories to large cities outside the region
inhabited by the Casarabe people.
They show shapes consistent with monumental platforms and
dense central settlements linked to smaller settlements by a
system of canals and roadways.
They show shapes consistent with scattered small farms created
by clearing jungle areas near sources of freshwater.