[Sacajaweau]

These are like inkblots to archaeologists....whatever comes to mind. Then they dicker about it. Then they get more money to prove which one of them is right. Then they write a book. Then they find something new (or take it out of a box in some museum) and start all over. A lifetime of work but does it help humanity in 90% of the cases?

[Sacajaweau]

But it is interesting.

Frankly, I prefer finding 100 year old horseshoes with my 8 year old granddaughter with a metal detector. When you get to do this with a child, it's better than finding gold.

[TXnMA]

I am always bemused that, when most archaeologists encounter an artifact they don't understand, they automatically ascribe to it a function known as "ritualistic".

No doubt, this was a "ritualistic" object; prehistoric kids didn't have toys... < /sarcasm >