There seems to be a category of "archaeologist" that likes to explain artifacts they don't understand as being ceremonial or religious, because they can't think of any other explanation, and without having any information about what the ceremony is, or how the religion is supposed to work.
I take such claims to mean simply "We have no idea what this artifact is for; it might as well be something magical, for all we know".
I take such claims to mean simply "We have no idea what this artifact is for; it might as well be something magical, for all we know".