sentences:  The Roman silver spoon found in 1904, mentioned above, is reckoned to bear witness to early Christianization, for the doves pecking at grapes with which the spoon is decorated were described in the literature about the find as a typically Christian emblem.It shows at least there was contact with Christianity at that time.In an ecclesiastical sense as well as a political one, the "Eßweiler Tal" was a unit.