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1.     Woven baskets characterized by a particular distinctivepattern have previously been found only in the immediate vicinity of theprehistoric village of Palea and therefore were believed to have been made onlyby the Palean people. Recently, however, archaeologists discovered such a"alean" basket in Lithos, an ancient village across the Brim Riverfrom Palea. The Brim River is very deep and broad, and so the ancient Paleanscould have crossed it only by boat, and no Palean boats have been found. Thusit follows that the so-called Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean.

Write a response in which you discuss whatspecific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how theevidence would weaken or strengthen the argument

In this argument, the author came to theconclusion that Palean baskets were not uniquely Palean. To justify thisargument, the author cited a discovery of recent archaeologists that they foundthe “Palean” basket in Lithos, a place across a very deep and broad river fromPalean. Besides, he also claimed that only by using boat could people fromPalean reach Lithos but so far no Palean boat have been found. However, closescrutiny of this argument reveals that it is not cogent in several aspects.

First of all, the author failed to provethat boat was the only way for people from Palean to go to Lithos. The authoroverlooked the fact that terrain changes as time goes by. The Palean Rivermight be a wide and deep river now but it does not mean that hundreds of yearsago it was a wide and deep river, or,maybe, there was no river at all during theold time. If the river was not as deep and broad as now, or there was not anyriver between Palean and Lithos, there might be many other choices fortransportation. Therefore, in order to make his argument more convincing, theauthor needs to prove that the terrain was exactly the same as today’s hundredsyears ago and the boat is the only transportation between the two places.

In addition, the author overlooked the factthat the searching techniques and the professionalism of the discovery team mightbe a limit to discover the relics of the boat. There might be undiscovered boatsunderground but due to the constriction of the technology or the proficiency ofthe discovery team, they cannot be found right now. Thus, in order to make hisargument more persuasive, the author has to prove the expertise of the discoveryteam and the searching technology is by no means a limit to their discovery.

Finally, the author ignores the fact that thereare many other possibilities for the Palean baskets to go around, for example,selling. It is possible that the people during the old times sold the Paleanbaskets around, which feasibly explains why Palean baskets appeared in otherplaces. Therefore, the using of Palean baskets in other places does notnecessarily prove that the baskets did not originate from Palean. Consequently,the author needs to illustrate that there was no means for the baskets goingaround to make his argument more feasible and cogent.

In conclusion, the argument is invalid andmisleading. To make it logically acceptable, the author has to illustrate that theBrim River was no shallower and narrower than today and the boat was the onlytransportation between the two places. Furthermore, the author needs to excludethe limits from the discovery team and the research facilities. Ultimately, theauthors needs to ensure that the Palean baskets found in other place did notoriginate from Palean.

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