Question

“Agricultural life stimulated a new awareness of seasonal change and a profound respect for those life-giving powers, such as sun and rain, that were essential to the success of the harvest. The overwhelming evidence of female statuettes found in many Neolithic graves suggests that the cult of the Earth Mother may have become important in the transition from food-gathering to food production, when fertility and agricultural abundance were vital to the life of the community” (Fiero, 4)

In this quote which best describes the influence of context on the main idea?

Answer 1

It best describes the influence of context on the main idea of the powers that give life, when it refers to sun and rain, who are essential for the harvest within agriculture. They also talk about the importance of the Earth Mother, of whom the life givers are a part.