Ferrybridge chariot grave

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The wagon grave of Ferry Bridge (English. Ferry Bridge Chariot Burial ) was founded in 2003 near the Ferrybridge power station in West Yorkshire in England discovered during construction of a highway and excavated. An alternative name is Ferry Fryston Chariot Burial ( Ferry Fryston's chariot grave ). The tomb dates from the Middle Iron Age and is dated to 352-291 cal BC using the radiocarbon method.

description

The well-preserved remains of the socially high-ranking 30- to 40-year-old, about 1.73 m tall, buried 2,400 years ago, were found in a wagon grave during the route investigation of the A1 (M) . He had a spear as a grave goods. Isotope examinations show no local signature. It is speculated that he may have come from Scotland .

dare

The car lay in a large, oval pit in the middle of a square trench. The grave was originally covered by a low mound from the earth that came from the surrounding trenches. Since the ground was made of chalk, the white hill was visible from afar. The remains of the two-wheeled wagon with iron tires were in good condition. The wooden axle was identified as floor discoloration. The drawbar and yoke were also visible. A number of well-preserved bronze and iron objects have been found, including horse harness. Wooden parts (axle, drawbar, yoke and car body) are preserved as discoloration and cavities. A short time after the grave was laid, four cattle skulls were deposited in the eastern ditch.

Later rites

There is evidence that Roman people (AD 43–410) were still visiting the tomb about 500 years after it was built. 10,000 bone fragments from around 300 cattle were found in the trench around his burial site. They weren't deposited until the late 1st or early 2nd century AD and tests showed that they came from different areas of the country, suggesting that the man had a significant influence in life. The bones were probably the remains of a large feast that took place near the monument after the burial. Pork is usually dumped in wagon graves.

designation

While the archaeologists initially spoke of Ferrybridge chariot burial because Ferrybridge is closest to the site, people in neighboring Castleford would have liked to see the name Castleford chariot burial . In effect, the find was recorded in the County Sites and Monuments Record under the Civil parish Ferry Fryston (now a suburb of Castleford).

Other chariot graves in the UK

In the nearby East Riding of Yorkshire , 19 Arras culture chariot graves have been discovered, rare in the rest of Britain.

The first Scottish chariot grave was found in 2001 at Newbridge (Mitlothian), 11.3 miles west of Edinburgh . In contrast to the find at Wetwang in East Yorkshire, where the vehicle was dismantled prior to burial, the Ferrybridge and Newbridge wagons have been deposited intact.

literature

  • Dorothea van Endert, On the position of the chariot graves of the Arras culture, Report of the Roman-Germanic Commission 67, 1986.
  • Damian Robinson, Riding into the Afterlife. Archeology 57/2, 2004, 10-11. JSTOR 41780884

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2168 ± 20 BP, 2σ; David Orton, A local barrow for local people? The Ferry Fryston cattle in context. In: Ben Croxford, Nick Ray, Roman Roth & Natalie White (Eds.), TRAC 2006: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archeology Conference, Cambridge 2006 . Oxford, Oxbow Books 2007, 77. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fw7ph3v2g60foz3/TRAC2006_77-91.pdf
  2. ^ Damian Robinson, Riding into the Afterlife. Archeology 57/2, 2004, 10. JSTOR 41780884
  3. ↑ Ancient chariot excites experts. BBC , March 9, 2005, accessed July 27, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Martin Evans: Ferry Fryston Iron Age Chariot Burial . Honoring the Ancient Dead (HAD). August 30, 2008. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved on December 23, 2013.

Coordinates: 53 ° 43 ′ 27 ″  N , 1 ° 17 ′ 24 ″  W.