Chariots, swords and spears : Iron Age burials at the foot of the East Yorkshire Wolds / edited by Mark Stephens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stephens, Mark (Archaeologist), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--England--Yorkshire.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Iron age--England--Yorkshire.

Iron age.

Tombs--England--Yorkshire.

Tombs.

Funeral rites and ceremonies--England--Yorkshire.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Yorkshire (England)--Antiquities.

Yorkshire (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 295 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxbow Books, [2023]

Summary:

"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, swords, 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 world's media and the public imagination. The excavations at Pocklington in 2017 and 2018 were featured on BBC 4's Digging for Britain series and was voted Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year 2018"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Summary

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and glossary

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - The landscape and archaeological background to the excavations at Burnby Lane and The Mile, Pocklington

Chapter 3 - The early prehistoric landscape

Chapter 4 - The Iron Age cemetery at Burnby Lane

Chapter 5 - Other Iron Age features and the post-Iron Age landscape

Chapter 6 - Iron Age barrows at The Mile

Chapter 7 - The shield from The Mile chariot burial

Chapter 8 - An Iron Age weapon burial from Burnby Lane

Chapter 9 - Other Iron Age weaponry from Burnby Lane and The Mile

Chapter 10 - The chariot fittings from Burnby Lane and The Mile

Chapter 11 - Iron Age brooches and bracelets from Burnby Lane and The Mile

Chapter 12 - Other Iron Age finds

Chapter 13 - Osteological analysis, Burnby Lane and The Mile

Chapter 14 - The animal bone from Burnby Lane and The Mile

Chapter 15 - Summary of carbonised plant macrofossils and charcoal from Iron Age contexts at Burnby Lane

Chapter 16 - Chronological framework: the radiometric and typological dating evidence from Burnby Lane and The Mile

Chapter 17 - Diet and mobility: stable isotope analyses of the Iron Age population at Burnby Lane and The Mile

Chapter 18 - The significance of circular barrows of the Arras culture – warrior graves or just a local tradition?

Chapter 19 - Synthesis of the Iron Age landscape

Chapter 20 - Conclusion

Bibliography

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781789255454

1789255457

9781789255430

1789255430

OCLC:

1399168276