GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: SC - seventeenth-century Dutch documents

I got the answer right but want to confirm my reasoning.



Scorched by fire, stained by water, and inscribed in cramped handwriting,the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were long ignored by historians, depending instead on English sources for information.
(A) the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were long ignored by historians, depending
(B) the seventeenth-century Dutch documents on the beginnings of New York City were