[SunkenCiv]

It could be they were just a bunch of butterfingers. :^)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They lived there for 2,500 years. Let's say every ten years there was an oops! That is a lot of drinking vessels.

I tend to start off with, "Having rejected the notion that our ancestors spent all their time playing with toys or praying, what other logical explanations are there?"

Sometimes, possibly they were toys or religious objects. But I see no harm in looking at other possibilities.