Iron Age Chariot Burials in Britain and the Near Continent

Iron Age Chariot Burials in Britain and the Near Continent
Author: Greta Anthoons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2021
Genre: Burial
ISBN: 9781407355542

The British chariot burials, mainly concentrated in East Yorkshire, reveal a strong link with the Continent, which has led some scholars to believe that this burial rite was introduced by immigrants from northern Gaul. Other scholars do not accept migration as the key explanation for cultural changes and argue that new rites and customs may also be adopted through social networks that often stretch over great distances. To determine which model best explains the introduction of new burial rites in East Yorkshire in the third century BC, this book describes the similarities and differences between the British chariot burials and those of contemporary chariot burials in northern Gaul. The comparison shows that elite networks, and possibly religious networks, lie at the basis of the emergence of new burial rites in East Yorkshire.

Iron Age Chariot Burials in Britain and the Near Continent

Iron Age Chariot Burials in Britain and the Near Continent
Author: Greta Anthoons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2021-10-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781407316840

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The Arras Culture of Eastern Yorkshire – Celebrating the Iron Age

The Arras Culture of Eastern Yorkshire – Celebrating the Iron Age
Author: Peter Halkon
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789252598

In 1817 a group of East Yorkshire gentry opened barrows in a large Iron Age cemetery on the Yorkshire Wolds at Arras, near Market Weighton, including a remarkable burial accompanied by a chariot with two horses, which became known as the King’s Barrow. This was the third season of excavation undertaken there, producing spectacular finds including a further chariot burial and the so-called Queen’s barrow, which contained a gold ring, many glass beads and other items. These and later discoveries would lead to the naming of the Arras Culture, and the suggestion of connections with the near European continent. Since then further remarkable finds have been made in the East Yorkshire region, including 23 chariot burials, most recently at Pocklington in 2017 and 2018, where both graves contained horses, and were featured on BBC 4’s Digging for Britain series. This volume bring together papers presented by leading experts at the Royal Archaeological Institute Annual Conference, held at the Yorkshire Museum, York, in November 2017, to celebrate the bicentenary of the Arras discoveries. The remarkable Iron Age archaeology of eastern Yorkshire is set into wider context by views from Scotland, the south of England and Iron Age Western Europe. The book covers a wide variety of topics including migration, settlement and landscape, burials, experimental chariot building, finds of various kinds and reports on the major sites such as Wetwang/Garton Slack and Pocklington.

The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and the Near Continent

The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and the Near Continent
Author: Colin Haselgrove
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

Seeks to establish what we now know (and do not know) about Earlier Iron Age communities in Britain and their neighbours on the Continent. The authors look at how communities of the Late Bronze Age transform into those of the Earlier Iron Age, and how we understand the social changes of the later first millennium BC.

Chariots, Swords and Spears

Chariots, Swords and Spears
Author: Mark Stephens
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1789255457

This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire. The main focus of the Volume will be examining Iron Age burials, which included chariots, sword and spears and will also include earlier Prehistoric and later Roman activity. The excavations have enabled further scientific evidence for migration and mobility in the Iron Age population and secure chronologies for artefacts. New evidence from osteological analysis gives support for Warrior Graves and burial rites. The Pocklington shield has been described as one of the most significant pieces of Iron Age art. The exceptional Finds including a dismantled chariot with horses and an upright chariot also with horses captured the worlds media and the public imagination. The excavations at Pocklington in 2017& 2018 were featured on BBC 4’s Digging for Britain series and was voted Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year 2018. The Anglian elements will be included in an additional volume.

Death and Burial in Iron Age Britain

Death and Burial in Iron Age Britain
Author: Dennis William Harding
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2016
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199687560

In this volume, Harding examines the deposition of Iron Age human and animal remains in Britain and challenges the assumption that there should have been any regular form of cemetery in prehistory, arguing that the dead were more commonly integrated into settlements of the living than segregated into dedicated cemeteries.

The Arras Culture of Eastern Yorkshire – Celebrating the Iron Age

The Arras Culture of Eastern Yorkshire – Celebrating the Iron Age
Author: Peter Halkon
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 178925261X

In 1817 a group of East Yorkshire gentry opened barrows in a large Iron Age cemetery on the Yorkshire Wolds at Arras, near Market Weighton, including a remarkable burial accompanied by a chariot with two horses, which became known as the King’s Barrow. This was the third season of excavation undertaken there, producing spectacular finds including a further chariot burial and the so-called Queen’s barrow, which contained a gold ring, many glass beads and other items. These and later discoveries would lead to the naming of the Arras Culture, and the suggestion of connections with the near European continent. Since then further remarkable finds have been made in the East Yorkshire region, including 23 chariot burials, most recently at Pocklington in 2017 and 2018, where both graves contained horses, and were featured on BBC 4’s Digging for Britain series. This volume bring together papers presented by leading experts at the Royal Archaeological Institute Annual Conference, held at the Yorkshire Museum, York, in November 2017, to celebrate the bicentenary of the Arras discoveries. The remarkable Iron Age archaeology of eastern Yorkshire is set into wider context by views from Scotland, the south of England and Iron Age Western Europe. The book covers a wide variety of topics including migration, settlement and landscape, burials, experimental chariot building, finds of various kinds and reports on the major sites such as Wetwang/Garton Slack and Pocklington.

Proceedings of the 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium, Edinburgh

Proceedings of the 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium, Edinburgh
Author: Graeme JR Erskine
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784913588

Proceedings of the 17th Iron Age Research Student Symposium held in Edinburgh, organised to reflect three general themes (migration/interaction, material culture and the built environment)

The Dreamkeeper Messages

The Dreamkeeper Messages
Author: Deborah Harmes Ph. D.
Publisher: Deborah Harmes, Ph.D.
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2009-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 097519884X

From Europe to the USA to New Zealand and Australia, Dr. Deborah Harmes has written and lectured for almost two decades, sharing the visions that she has received of our now-unfolding society and planet. After receiving a set of Earth Changes visions in the mid-to-late 1990s, the first version of this book was published. But it is only now that the visions are truly coming to pass, so this 3rd edition is both timely and important for anyone who wishes to stay apprised of both current and future events. Deborah's luminous companion throughout her life has been the otherworldly being that she calls the Dreamkeeper, the being who has clearly communicated what lies ahead for humankind. The Dreamkeeper's gentle spiritual messages balance out the serious nature of the visions of Earth in the years ahead.