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In these set of materials, the reading introduces three theories to explain the purpose and the meaning behind carved stone balls which were discovered in Scotland, and were dated to the late Neolithic period. The professor says that none of these theories are convincing. She refutes each of the author’s theory.
First, in the reading, the first presented theory states that those stones were used as weapons for hunting or fighting. However, the professor refutes this theory by mentioning that other Neolithic weapons like arrows, and hand axes, generally show signs of wear. Archeologists di...
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Score: 27 in 30
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
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No. of Words: 276 250
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No. of Different Words: 145 150
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.076 4.2
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Word Length SD: 2.428 2.4
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Avg. Sentence Length: 14.526 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 7.87 7.5
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