moss wrote:
Early iron age relics, so are they non-christian spoons, or are they adapted celtic spoons for baptism (only oil goes thro the hole) .... 2 sets by water (not forgetting one in Thames)and two sets in graves, one grave having pig bones in it, so could easily have been pagan burial - or something like Prittlewell pagan/xtian saxon burial. Also pair found in Wales at 'camp' must be I/A.. practical use/ ritual function, either pagan or xtian, or maybe the local druid used them to measure out his potions - the cross in the centre being a measuring device ;) Give up, spoons are extremely useful though...
[/quote]Interesting thing about pig bones in Bronze Age burials is that they are found ,almost exclusively , in association with inhumations whereas sheep and cattle are found with cremations .