ingof2006intheProceedings\roftheNationaIAcademyofSciences(PNAS).Buttheirresearchwentbeyond\rmerearchaeologicaldocumentation.TheAve11inoevent,theywrote,\r"causedasociaI-demographicco11apseandabandonmentoftheentirearea\rforcenturies.”Thenewfindings,alongwithcomputermodeIsyshowthat\ranAveIIino-sizeeruptionwouldunleashaconcentricwaveofdestruction\rthatcoulddevastateNaplesandmuchofitssurroundings.Intheworld\rbeforeHurricaneKatrinaandtheIndianOceantsunami,thesewarnings\rmighthavesoundedasremoteandtransitoryasthoseprehistoric\rfootsteps.Notanymore.\rWhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheNoladiscoveryisCORRECT\rA.Thesitewasdiscoveredbyarchaeologists'extensivestudy.\rB.Itwasthefirsttimehumanencounteredtheeruptionofvolcano.\rC.Thegovernmenthadlittleinterestinit.\rD.Thesitehasbeenpracticallydestroyed.