Harryshill wrote: Sometimes I think we over think it.
If we hadn't heard of football, hadn't seen it, or known anything about it at all.
And then, we started finding the remains of stadiums.
Could we ever understand what it was about?
Barry Cunliffe iirc pointed that at the liminal point of entrance /ritual threshold to Iron Age round houses there was often a small pit , but never with any deposition .
It was only when they started doing experimental archaeology at Butser etc. that it became clear , it was where hens created their cosy spot in the sun .
|