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In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, many Western Pueblo settlements in what is now the southwestern United Line States may have possessed distinctly (5) hierarchical organizational structures. These communities' agricultural systems-which were "intensive" in the use of labor rather than "extensive" in area-may have given rise to polit- (10) ical leadership that managed both labor and food resources. That formal management of food resources was needed is suggested by the large size of storage spaces located (15) around some communal Great Kivas (underground ceremonial chambers). Though no direct evidence exists that such spaces were used to store food, Western Pueblo communities lacking (20) sufficient arable land to support their populations could have preserved the necessary extra food, including imported foodstuffs, in such apparently communal spaces. (25) Moreover, evidence of specialization in producing raw materials and in manufacturing ceramics and textiles indicates differentiation of labor within and between communities. The orga- (30) nizational and managerial demands of such specialization strengthen the possibility that a decision-making elite existed, an elite whose control over labor, the use of community sur- (35) pluses, and the acquisition of imported goods would have led to a concentration of economic resources in their own hands. Evidence for differential distribution of wealth is found in buri- (40) als of the period: some include large quantities of pottery, jewelry, and other artifacts, whereas others from the same sites lack any such materials.
Which of the following, if true, would most clearly undermine the author's statement in the last sentence of the passage regarding the distribution of wealth in Western Pubelo settlement.
a. Only community members of exceptional wealth are likely to have been buried with their personal possessions. b. Members of the communities with extensive agricultural systems are usually buried without personal possessions. c. Most artifacts in the burial site were manufactured locally rather than imported from other communities. d. Burial artifacts are often ritual objects associated with religious practices than being the deceased's personal possessions. e. The quality of the burial artifacts varies depending on the site with which they were associated.
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