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Anthoons, Greta, Iron age chariot burials in Britain and the near continent: networks of mobility, exchange and belief in the third and second centuries BC, Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2021.

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Iron age chariot burials in Britain and the near continent: networks of mobility, exchange and belief in the third and second centuries BC
Place
Oxford
Publisher
BAR Publishing
Year
2021
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Abstract (cited)
The British chariot burials, mainly concentrated in East Yorkshire, reveal a strong link with continental Europe, 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. This book also discusses various types of long-distance contacts that can forge and maintain social networks.
Subjects and topics
Headings
Iron Age 3rd century BC 2nd century BC
Approaches
archaeology
History, society and culture
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Keywords
burials inhumations funerary rites barrows chariot burials chariots Arras culture Yorkshire Wolds Middle Rhine–Moselle region Aisne-Marne grave goods brooches weapons
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2021