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I really need to get hold of Andren's 2007 work. That is all.

Lund's paper was a good overview of the different types of offerings at wetlands, springs, or lakes. I was especially interested in the Scandinavian settlements that separated the living community from their cemeteries by means of water and the bridge offerings.

Semple's paper was awesome. The tangent about blades as opening/closing devices for holy sites was fascinating.

First paper read, interesting points made. Intrigued by suggestion that some ritual changes, may have been due to the 'distribution of a shared poetic mood, or rather the moments when that mood was evoked and reified. I think this is an interesting train of thought, especially with regards to modern practice.