Hella unlikely they were used to knit gloves

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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The default bucket that archeologists throw stuff into if they really don't know is "religious object".

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oftentimes, that’s a sort of inside joke. If it’s even remotely probe-shaped, they assume it was used for sex. But since that doesn’t look nice on academic papers, they’ll use “ritual” as a euphemism.

    Seriously, archeologists find a lot of ancient dildos.

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