the honeymoon because the couple was given mead, an alcoholic
drink made from honey, for the first month of their marriage. A
wife wore a gold wedding band on the ring finger of her left hand
to show that she was married. Women wore other jewelry too, which
indicated their social rank.

Women usually stayed at home caring for children, preparing
meals, and making baskets. They also made wool felt and wove wool
into cloth. Flax was grown and woven into linen cloth. The
weaving was done on an upright or warp-weighted loom. People
draped the cloth around their bodies and fastened it with a metal
brooch inlayed with gold, gems, glass, and shell, which were
glued on with glue that was obtained from melting animal hooves.
They also had amber beads and pendants. They could tie things
with rawhide strips or rope braids they made.

The King, who was tall and strong, led his men in hunting groups
to kill deer and other wild animals in the forests and to fish in
the streams. Some men brought their hunting dogs on leashes to
follow scent trails to the animal. The men attacked the animals
with spears and threw stones. They used shields to protect their
bodies. They watched the phases of the moon and learned to
predict when it would be full and give the most light for night
hunting. This began the concept of a month.

If hunting groups from two clans tried to follow the same deer,
there might be a fight between the clans or a blood feud. After
the battle, the clan would bring back its dead and wounded. A
priest officiated over a funeral for a dead man. His wife would
often also go on the funeral pyre with him. Memorial burial