Anasazi indians were an ancient native american culture located in the present- day american southwest who built and inhabited pueblo structures. between the twelfth to thirteenth centuries, most of the pueblo buildings were abandoned. archeologists have scavenged the area looking for clues as to why these structures were abandoned and what happened to a formerly prosperous population. while many theories exist as to what happened to the anasazi people, serious and prolonged drought seems to be the best explanation as to their disappearance.
Scientists have found many clues from looking at tree rings in the area which can provide insight into past climate data including temperature and rainfall. in the period between the twelfth and thirteenth century, this area experienced three extended periods of drought as a result of global warming. when the cycle of droughts began anasazi agriculture production was unable to keep up with consumption demand. without sufficient rainfall it was impossible to harvest enough food to support the population.
Excavations have revealed the construction of large dams and reservoirs along the irrigation system in the anasazi region. the presence of these large construction projects indicates that the anasazi people were trying to manipulate the region’s water supply to support their growing water needs. however, evidence indicates reservoir capacity was not adequate enough to deal with extended droughts. facing three long-term, back-to-back droughts rendered the reservoirs useless.
Finally, with the growth of population as the anasazi civilization reached its peak, people continually had to compete with each other for resources. the presence of sustained periods of drought made it harder and harder for people to compete for limited resources. thus, faced with the possibility of starvation and death, they chose to migrate to lands to the north and east where climate conditions were more favorable.
the passage discusses the Anaczie people between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and puts forward several reasons why the Pueblo buildings were abandoned. However, the lecture presents some rational counterarguments refuting the writer's contentions.
First and foremost, the article asserts that scientists through examining the trees' rings have found three extended droughts enabled cultivating, hence the Anaczie people left their homes. On the other hand, the professor points out that tree rings showed and supported that there was adequate rainfall, thereby supporting farming and population. As a result, this information is not trustworthy.
Secondly, the writer contents that found dams were not enough large to hold back enough water to tackle the extended droughts. The speaker, conversely, clears out that those reservoirs were established 100 years before bonding the Pueblo building, and sizable to supply an adequate of water allowing people to survive. therefore, this contention is not reliable.
Last but not least, the author claims that due to the lack of food and possible starvation, the Anaczie people migrated to the north and east with favorable climates. On the contrary, the lecture shed some light on the fact that the Anaczie people like other tribes had bloody and violent wars to control more lands which resulted in a dramatic decline in their population.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, first, hence, however, second, secondly, so, therefore, as a result, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 6.0 10.4613686534 57% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 12.0 22.412803532 54% => OK
Preposition: 21.0 30.3222958057 69% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1181.0 1373.03311258 86% => OK
No of words: 214.0 270.72406181 79% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.51869158879 5.08290768461 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.82475343497 4.04702891845 95% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6681588286 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 140.0 145.348785872 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.654205607477 0.540411800872 121% => OK
syllable_count: 345.6 419.366225166 82% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.2674406862 49.2860985944 112% => OK
Chars per sentence: 118.1 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.4 21.698381199 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.0 7.06452816374 170% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.117064234972 0.272083759551 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0417276094363 0.0996497079465 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0687802974375 0.0662205650399 104% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0762989111799 0.162205337803 47% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0797938540338 0.0443174109184 180% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 13.3589403974 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 53.8541721854 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.0289183223 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.74 12.2367328918 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.55 8.42419426049 113% => OK
difficult_words: 66.0 63.6247240618 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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