That’s a good explanation of their origin. Ceremonial objects could be preserved and their progenitors lost, due to material reuse, ceremonial objects being wel

That’s a good explanation of their origin. Ceremonial objects could be preserved and their progenitors lost, due to material reuse, ceremonial objects being well preserved through different storage methods, or something else. However, usually objects of ceremonial use are also functional, just too expensive for everyone to use. E.g. we would tend to find an especially engraved bowl in ruins of a religious building—-it could still hold soup or beer in a pinch.