How many times has this trope to be repeated? Yes, some "ritual" sites might in fact have been dumbsters. But otherwise it feels very much like atheist mindse

How many times has this trope to be repeated? Yes, some "ritual" sites might in fact have been dumbsters. But otherwise it feels very much like atheist mindset projection. To my knowledge all the "primitive" cultures and tribes we know of, are (or were) deeply entrenched in magical and ritualistic thinking in everyday life. The earliest written proofs are about religious topics. It therefore makes sense, to assume a religious background of sites, that look different and serve no obvious purpose.