tpo33.1

The text and lecturer offer two opposing views on the accuracy of the hypothesis which illustrates the purposes of stone balls' usage. While the reading part provides some theories to explain the functions of balls, the professor counters these specific points and presents some reasons and hints to call into question for the information in the reading passage.

First of all, the professor disapproves the weapon function of these balls, while in the lecture it is named as one of the utilizations of these stone balls. The lecturer states that if the balls were used in the fighting and hunting, there should be some cracks and fractions. However, they are well-preserved and there is no any main damage.

Next, although the reading passage uses the weighing system surmise as one of the usages of these stone balls, the professor casts doubt on the truth of this claim. As the lecturer asserts the balls built with different materials and various densities, they do not weight same. Consequently, they could not be used as a balance or scale purpose in the trades' measuring system.

Finally, the lecturer argues that the balls did not express the social status. Meanwhile, the passage presumes that they had the social purpose. According to the professor's evidences if the balls rendered the social importance they should be buried by the dead people, because in England they graved dead by his/her possession. However, they did not do this task with the stones ball.