Occam's razor is one tool in archeological history. But another is that things many people spend resources to reproduce often have value or meaning. It's also m

Occam's razor is one tool in archeological history. But another is that things many people spend resources to reproduce often have value or meaning. It's also more likely when the practice is widespread across geography or time and especially both. If you're going off of just heuristics there is at least as much pointing to significance than not.