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Chariots, Swords and Spears: Iron Age Burials at the Foot of the East Yorkshire Wolds

Mark Stephens

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. 0The 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

GenresExcavations (Archaeology)EnglandYorkshireIron ageTombsFuneral rites and ceremonies

295 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 2023 by Oxbow Books · ISBN 9781789255423

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3 editions

English

  • Chariots, Swords and Spears: Iron Age Burials at the Foot of the East Yorkshire Wolds · Oxbow Books · 2023 · ISBN 9781789255423 This page
  • Chariots, Swords and Spears: Iron Age Burials at the Foot of the East Yorkshire Wolds · Oxbow Books · 2023 · ISBN 9781789255430
  • Chariots, Swords and Spears: Iron Age Burials at the Foot of the East Yorkshire Wolds · Oxbow Books · 2023 · ISBN 9781789255454

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