The Introduction of Pottery Generally Seems to Coincide with the Adoption

question 4

Multiple Choice

The introduction of pottery generally seems to coincide with the adoption of a more sedentary way of life.Paleolithic people may not have created pottery because

• A)they were not really very smart
• B)mobile hunter-gatherers would not want to carry heavy fired clay containers around
• C)clay sources were difficult to find during the Paleolithic because they were often buried under glaciers and ice
• D)mobile hunter-gatherers were generally too busy hunting to make pottery
• E)none of the above

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