What Is One Reason Why the Plateau Region Has Remained

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is one reason why the Plateau region has remained archaeologically distinct from the neighboring Northwest Coast?

• A) human adaptation to mostly interior resources
• B) more people lived there
• C) greater evidence of horse breeding
• D) it is not archaeologically distinct

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