Spined Mail

Perhaps the greatest artifact recovered from the site is a long, full-body suit of mail made for an extraordinarily tall person. It is possible that the culture used this mail, made of steel, for their ceremonies. We now know that the culture placed great importance on touch, so this artifact was shocking to archaeologists: it was covered with spines, sharp to the touch even after thousands of years. A person would have difficulty getting into the suit, and would certainly also have difficulty getting out; our team sustained multiple injuries simply attempting to lift it from the ground. The piece of spined mail, however, paints a better portrait of what type of people this culture might have been: they prize touch, yes, but maybe not always those sensations most pleasing to us. Perhaps they valued pain as well.

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