Pages 183-190

Bone from a Dry Sea pages 183-190

History 8 Archaeology Bone From a Dry Sea

Summary

In this chapter Vinny and her dad are preparing to leave the camp after Dr. Hamiska fired Vinny's dad for supporting his daughter when she refused to do a photo with the humanoid bone. When Vinny and her dad prepare to get in the jeep to leave the camp, a helicopter appeared on the horizon. Everyone was so excited that it might be the Craig people, but worried that they came early. As the helicopter grew closer, it struck everyone that it was an army helicopter, not a civilian one. When it landed, Mr. Multan, the minister, came out of the chopper and immediately accused Dr. Hamiska of digging off of the agreed dig site. After a long argument about borders, Mr. Multan bans Dr. Hamiska from digging on his land and makes his nephew, Watson, the head of the dig. Watson, because he is really nice, re-hires Vinny's dad on the job because he needs his experience AND he allows him to take Vinny on her promised safari to make this dig into a vacation as well.

Bias

We can never tell wether or not all written documents and artifacts from the past are accurate due to the fact that most of these were written by well-educated rich men. This leaves us with ideas only seen from the view points of rich men, excluding lower-class and women. It is very probable that most evidence from the past does not accurately tell what really happened because the stories were only written by a small fraction of the population.