[u'r not alone小组]提纲作业 Argument37

Luise8891UID: 2906459

Argument37::victory:

Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been unique to the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could only have crossed it by boat, but there is no evidence that the Paleans had boats. And boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were not developed until thousands of years after the Palean people disappeared. Moreover, Paleans would have had no need to cross the river—the woods around Palea are full of nuts, berries, and small game. It follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not unique to Palea.

Luise8891UID: 2906459

1)
the arguer fails to convince us that the ancient Paleans did not cross the river and bring the unique baskets to Lithos. Firstly, it is likely that the Brim river did not exit or was not as deep and broad as now. Secondly, the arguer fails to provide evidence to prove that there is only one way—cross the river— to go to Lithos. Then, the facts that boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were developed thousands of years after the Palean people disappeared does not lend strong support to the assumption that the ancient palean people could not find a way to cross the river. Maybe at that time, they already possessed some technology to build some canoes to cross the river.
2)
The assumption that Paleans would have had no need to cross the river, since the woods around Palea are full of food is questionable. First, now the woods are full of food, but how about the situation thousands years ago. Maybe at that time, it was not like now. Secondly, maybe some natural disarsters occurred forcing them to cross the river to find an another inhabitat. Thirdly, the Palean people might cross the river for fun or casually.
3)
Even if the Palean people never went to Linthos, it is still insufficient to conclude that the Palean baskets were not unique just because they are found in Lithos. It’s highly likely that the descendents of Palean people or other people took the baskets to Lithos.

刘文奇UID: 2850560

Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctive pattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of the prehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been unique to the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a "Palean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim River from Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleans could only have crossed it by boat, but there is no evidence that the Paleans had boats. And boats capable of carrying groups of people and cargo were not developed until thousands of years after the Palean people disappeared. Moreover, Paleans would have had no need to cross the river-the woods around Palea are full of nuts, berries, and small game. It follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not unique to Palea.
一种具有独特花纹的编织篮子以前只在史前村庄Palea的临近地区发现过，因而被认为是Palea居民所独有的。然而最近，考古学家在一个与Palea隔着一条叫做Brim河的村庄Lithos发现了一个这样的Palea篮子。Brim河很深很宽，所以古代Palea人只能坐船穿过它，但没有证据表明Palea人拥有船只。而且能够运载大量人和货物的船只直到Palea人消失几千年后才出现。而且，Palea人应该没有必要穿过这条河流--Palea周围的林地有丰富的果实和小动物。这表明那种所谓的Palea篮子并不是那里所独有的。

一）        可能有其他路径到达Lithos，
二）        虽然那个时候没有大型货船，但也可能有简易的木筏
三）        Palea人去那边可能是因为其他原因，好奇，玩耍等，并一定是觅食。
四）        可能是后人带过出的。
五）        由于只有一只Palea篮子，数量很少，可能是随流水飘过去的。