“…be it not forgotten, then, that the best authorities,” whom he never cites, “hold that the buried figures of their gods support the thesis that some sort of chthonic cult developed around this time. But there is a certain lack of cohesion, as digs 3, 7, 56, and 80 all attest different dates than the accepted timeframe. I would posit that at different times in their history, their worship led them to have some sort of ritual burial of their gods, and that the mass burials we find toward the end of their civilization suggests they sought some remedy in…”