ArchaeologyEnglish · 2 days ago

2,000-year-old spoon from Isle of Man may have been used in blood rituals for fortune telling

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2,000-year-old spoon from Isle of Man may have been used in blood rituals for fortune telling

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ArchaeologyEnglish · 2 days ago

A mysterious bronze spoon unearthed on the Isle of Man is rare evidence of ancient ritual in Europe.

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What else do you use spoons for?

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more…

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