Finding a single "Palean" basket at another location does not by itself rule out the possibility that these baskets were unique to Palea. The stated claim in the last sentence is not justified by the scant evidence that has been provided in support of it. There could be many reasons why this basket was found in Lithos, perhaps it floated there across the river, or the boats that delivered it were lost. If additional baskets were found in Lithos, this would on the whole strengthen the argument. While it may be true that over the lifetime of the civilisations of Palea and Lithos, countless baskets could have been traded between the civilisations, if there were spare baskets present and still no sign of any Palean boats, this would lend support to the …show more content…
Finding just one basket does not tell us anything about the likelihood of finding Palean goods and manufacturings at Lithos. As stated in the previous paragraph, countless boats could have visited Lithos from Palea. Finding one of these boats in Lithos would weaken the argument for the claim as it would establish that there was contact and perhaps trade between the two civilisations. Surely baskets would have been one of the first items to be traded, owing to their usefulness. Boats from other villages, that traded with both Palea and Lithos, may also have brought these baskets to Lithos, thus finding these baskets alongside boats perhaps in the river itself or in another village would also weaken the argument for this claim. Also quite possible is the theory that these baskets were not Palean in the first place, and therefore not uniquely Palean. While we have not been told how many baskets were found in Palea, it must have been many more than one to justify the initial claim that these baskets were Palean. However, if countless stores of these baskets were found at another location, which could have traded with both Palea
When all the evidence is noted (and there is even more beyond that which is stated here), one can not ignore the overwhelming presence of a
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With very little textual information available from this time period, archaeologists knew very little about the items that were traded, cultures that traded with each other, and the trade routes. The Ulu Burun shipwrecks acts as a time...
...ight; so could paragraph 5. In all cases you can do much more to defend the claims you make.
The author of the argument states that baskets characterized by a specific pattern have only been found in the vicinity of the Palea village. However, the writer explains that baskets with the same distinctive patterns have been recently found in the vicinity of Lithos village. Furthermore, the author makes clear that these two villages were separated by a deep and broad river which could be crossed only by boat. Nevertheless, no Palean boats were ever found. Providing these premises, the author attempts to persuade his or her readers to agree that the baskets with distinctive Palean pattern have been manufactured by the craftsmen of other villages as well. While the author's conclusion is persuasive, he or she fails to supply a hand full of extra evidences, that, when specified, will undermine the validity of the argument.
They sailed the ocean using the mighty ship called Argo going to the land of Colchis, but in their journey they passed several challenges, they passed the land of Lemnos, Doilenes and Cius with the guidance and power of Hera, she is the
The limitation for this source is that it was written in 1997, which means the pieces evidence may not still apply to today.