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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

https://wshc.org.uk/south-cadbury-shield/

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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"

[–] negativenull@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago

"Purposefully broken/discarded" artifacts allow us to see so much today.