Discussion

Explanation:

We know that this passage is about the clay vessels and its users. Thus sentence 2 is the opening sentence of the paragraph as it mentions where these vessels were found. ‘They’ in sentence 1 refers to the scientists mentioned in sentence 2. Thus we get the 2-1 link. This eliminates option 4. Sentence 1 states that the rhyta were used to store cheese. Sentence 3 gives the reason for storing cheese instead of milk as it has a longer shelf life. Sentence 5 states that farmers could make use of cows for milking as it would last for several months while killing a cow would last only for a week. The phrase ‘are thus forced to admit’ indicates that even the archaeologists had to admit that using animals for dairy made more sense than using them for meat. Thus the link 5-4 is better than the 4-5 link. So we get the correct order 2-1-3-5-4.
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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