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[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 54 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Somewhat boringly, the archaeologists posit that the bones may have been associated with cult practices.

Sometimes I wonder what archaeologists a few millennia down the line will think about small polymer statuettes of human females with disproportionately large breasts, but without discernible genitalia...

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

LOL at first i thought you were talking about weeb anime figurines, then remembered barbie and ken are things

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looking through an archeological lens, sheep bone games and cult practices probably look the same. Imagine thousands of years from now, they'll probably see like football fans as a cult.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Liz@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

It very strongly depends on how you're using the word cult.

[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago

Thousands of years from now?

[–] Malgas 12 points 1 month ago

There's a running gag in archaeology that variations on "ritual purposes" actually means "I have no idea what this was for".

That said, there has historically been a connection between certain divination practices and games of chance, so this could easily be both.