Through years of excavations and careful analysis of her finds around Krasnyi Yar in Kazakhstan, archaeologist Sandra Olsen has assembled what may be evidence of the earliest known people to have domesticated and ridden horses, a momentous development in human history. βββ
Intro to Topic Β·Olsen found evidence of earliest domestication of horses for riding?
Horses were buried in carefully arranged patterns which suggests a closer relationship with the Botai, consistent with the riding hypothesis.
Passage Style
Phenomenon-hypothesis
Single position
14.
Data from which one of βββ βββββββββ βββββββ βββββ ββ ββββ ββββββββ ββ ββββββββββ βββββββ βββββββββββ
Question Type
WSE
Itβs hard to predict the answer just based on the question stem, because most of the passage discusses Olsenβs reasoning and her evidence. So letβs rely mainly on process of elimination.
a
tabulation of the ββββββ ββ βββββββββ βββββ βββββ ββββββ βββββββββ βββββ βββββ ββ β βββββ ββββββββββββββ ββββ
This would be helpful to evaluate Olsenβs hypothesis because (A) would be evidence bearing on whether horses were used mainly for food vs. mainly for some other purpose. If the proportion of horse bones that were butchered to those that were untouched were very high, that would suggest horses were mainly used for food (βbutcheredβ in this context means cut up into pieces, which is evidence of use for food). But if the proportion of horse bones to untouched bones were very low, that would suggest horses were used for something besides food (which would support Olsenβs hypothesis).
b
tabulation of the ββββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββββ βββββ ββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββββ βββββ ββ β βββββ ββββββββββββββ ββββ
Itβs not clear the relative proportion of sheep and goats to horses has any bearing on Olsenβs hypothesis. If there were a lot of goats/sheep compared to horses, that doesnβt suggest either way whether horses were ridden by the Botai.
Itβs not clear that the number of other tribes at the same time as the Botai compared to the number of modern hunting tribes in the same area is relevant. If there were a lot more/fewer tribes in the past, that doesnβt provide any reason to think horses were or were not ridden by the Botai.
Itβs not clear that mortality patterns in other animals affect Olsenβs hypothesis. Other animals may have been used for food; that doesnβt suggest horses were or were not ridden.
e
analysis of the βββββ ββ βββββ βββββββ ββ βββββ βββββββ βββββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββ
Itβs not clear that the proportion of human remains to horse remains is relevant. We know that some horse remains were found arranged in burial sites with human remains. Whatβs important is the fact the horse remains were arranged, not the number of human bones found with the horse bones.
Difficulty
78% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%124
141
75%157
Analysis
WSE
Phenomenon-hypothesis
Science
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
78%
161
b
2%
157
c
1%
148
d
13%
158
e
6%
155
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