By the late great Victor Ambrus (which I learned about from Time Team)
The South Cadbury Shield visualized by Victor Ambrus in a burial scene, where as part of a ritual it has been placed faced down over the burial ahead of being physically broken. From Drawing Somerset’s Past, The History Press, 2018. Illustration: Victor Ambrus
Me: "I can't believe these ancient peoples would discard perfectly good materials."
Also me: "Thank you for discarding these materials for us to find"
"Purposefully broken/discarded" artifacts allow us to see so much today.