As we all know, Minecraft 1.20 joined the archaeological system, and the only thing that can be archaeologically archeological in the desert is the "pottery piece", archaeologists found that there were 4 patterns engraved in these fragments when studying the pottery pieces? It is clear that these four patterns must have a pivotal position in ancient civilizations.
Pattern 1: Bow and arrow
First of all, we do not know which historical era the "clay pot fragments" unearthed by the archaeology of "Minecraft" belonged to, but purely from the perspective of human history, the bow is the oldest projectile weapon in human civilization, and the earliest record of the appearance of bows and arrows was recorded in 2717-2599 BC. Even dating back to the distant mythological era, of course, this is the mythical story of "Houyi Shooting Day".
Therefore, based on this background, the bow is definitely a symbol of a long history of prehistoric civilization, so it has once again been confirmed in the Minecraft world that this is a product from absolutely ancient times. At least for its time, it was a weapon of considerable symbolic significance and importance. This also proves that humans of ancient civilizations also used this weapon in large quantities. After all, sticks and threads are not rare and hard-to-obtain materials.
Pattern 2: Skull
In Western civilization there is a history of "head worship" that does not exist in Eastern civilization, in which the head is considered to be the place where the gods live, the only part of the human body that can "share" the divine nature, and the abode of the soul. The head is a throne of knowledge, inspiration, prophecy, and even the power to ward off evil spirits from demonic invasions.
So there must also be this "head worship" in the history of ancient civilization in "Minecraft", otherwise why would the skull be printed separately on the clay pot? It must represent some special and important position, and even today Minecraft still has traces of this head worship, such as the evil Black Forest haunted house, full of head statues; For example, the sandstone of the creeper head embedded in the desert temple; For example, the withering head can summon artificial withering bosses; Another example is the fact that lightning coolies are afraid that they can blow up their heads.
All is clear that the civilization of head worship has spanned and continued the history of Minecraft for tens of thousands of years.
Pattern 3: Treasures
Although this pottery pattern is called a treasure, in fact, players who are familiar with the history of Minecraft know that this so-called treasure is actually a "ruby", but today's Minecraft world rubies have long been extinct.
In fact, it is reasonable to speculate that the ancient civilization of Minecraft must be extremely important, and ancient humans relied on this ruby to develop a high-tech civilization and create an incomparably brilliant history of civilization. First of all, with only the current Minecraft gem minerals, redstone brings the entire Minecraft energy; Lapis Lazuli gives Enchanting properties to Minecraft; Emerald created the trading system of the Minecraft world.
So you can boldly imagine what rubies can bring to the ancient civilization of Minecraft? So much so that as early as ancient civilization it was mined in large quantities?
Pattern 4: Raise your arms
Being able to become one of the four ornaments shows that "raising arms" at least has a pivotal position in ancient civilizations. We can try to interpret it from the archaeological perspective of the existing history of mankind.
In ancient Egyptian civilization, there are actually a large number of such "raised arms" statues and ornaments, some representing a Paleolithic dancing goddess, some are a symbol of the soul, and the third is what I think the ancient civilization of Minecraft wanted to express "pray to the gods or summon gods".
The raised arm pattern adorned with clay pot fragments looks more like an act of sacrifice. There are a large number of altar-like structures and buildings in the ancient ruins of Minecraft, including jungle temples, desert temples, underwater temples, etc., which may themselves be a kind of worship to the gods.