Although it is difficult to establish whether or not any of these statements necessarily prove decisively that the Archaic Indians were less advanced than the Mississippians, the answer is most likely C - The Archaic Indians lived in shallow, oval-pit houses and larger rectangular wattle-and-daub dwellings. The first two statements make no reference to either the Archaic or Missipian Indians, and the last answer proves the Missipian Indians were advanced, but does not fit the question.