Explanation:
a wide scattering of people who lived near rivers in temporary settlements of 1-3 households and practiced a mixture of hunting, gathering and crop growing
The correct answer is filled with emotion.
An absolute phrase is usually set off from the rest of the sentence by using commas. It refers to the subject of the sentence and never contains a finite verb. The absolute phrase <em>filled with emotion </em>is also an appositive phrase, referring to the subject, Tom.
