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Archaeologist Weiwei Wang and her colleagues analyzed footed grinding slabs and other food-preparation tools excavated from Oc Eo, a Southeast Asian port city that flourished between the first and sixth centuries CE. Wang and colleagues recovered microscopic remnants of turmeric and other spices from the surfaces of the tools. Turmeric is native to South Asia, more than a thousand miles west of Oc Eo, and the researchers showed that the footed grinding slabs at Oc Eo are very similar to footed grinding slabs common throughout South Asia from around 500 BCE to 300CE. Wang and colleagues' findings therefore indicate that there must have been a trade link, whether direct or indirect, between the two regions.
Which finding, if true, would directly weaken the conclusion about Wang and her colleagues' findings that is presented in the text?
Other types of artifacts originating in South Asia and dating to the first through sixth centuries CE have been found throughout Southeast Asia.
A
In the first through third centuries CE, there was a significant migration of people from South Asia to Southeast Asia.
B
The people of Oc Eo and several communities in South Asia regularly traded with people in the region that is now the Southeast Asian country of Malaysia no later than the first century CE.
C
Some of the spices recovered from Oc Eo are native to the Maluku Islands, which are located approximately 2,000 miles southeast of Oc Eo.
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