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To: Tax-chick

I would baselessly speculate that the rings were woven into cloth.

A ceremonial (or not) precursor to chain mail?

7 posted on 08/17/2005 5:03:25 PM PDT by El Sordo

To: El Sordo

Good idea.

8 posted on 08/17/2005 5:04:32 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Officially around the bend, at least for now.)

To: El Sordo

The rings could have been used as money. Many early coins had holes in them, so that they could be strung together to carry.

15 posted on 08/17/2005 5:12:31 PM PDT by wizr (Freedom ain't free.)

To: El Sordo

My thinking, too.

24 posted on 08/17/2005 10:37:51 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (God save us from the fury of the do-gooders!)

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