▶ Your Answer :
While the author of the reading passage argues
that there are three plausible theories about the usage of the large stone
buildings in New Mexico, the lecturer opposes the assertion with different
views.
First of all, the speaker states that inside the
stone house is unlikely for hundreds people to live. If the Chaco structure was
the form of an apartment for a number of people, there would have been lots of
fire places for cooking. However, there were few fire places that were only
around ten families availiable. This casts doubt on the author's claim that the
great houses would have been used for people as apartment building in the past
since the aspect is analogous to the building at Taos, New Mexico.
Next, the lecturer points out that the buildings
for food supplies is doubtful. This is because the houses could have not
uncover the crops, such as maize. Since the maize were likely to be spilled out
on floors, people would have used big containers instead of the Chaco houses.
This goes against the writer's view that the the buildings would have stored
maize being without decomposition for a long period in the large spaces.
Finally, the professor contends that the opinion
concerning ceremonial centers is flawed. The houses were used for workers to
put other materials, such as stone, sand and construction tools as well as the
broken pots. Plus there were some trash in the buildings. This contradicts that
the idea presented in the reading passage that the piles of massive mound forms
were likely to be the remains used after special ceremoies.
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