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.

• Front Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of contributors
• Summary
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations and glossary
• 1. Introduction (Mark Stephens)
  • Burnby Lane: site description
  • Geology and soils
  • Archaeological and historical background
• 2. The landscape and archaeological background to the excavations at Burnby Lane and The Mile, Pocklington (Peter Halkon)
  • Geology, soils and topography
  • Drainage and water sources
  • Previous archaeological discoveries around Pocklington
  • Conclusion
• 3. The early prehistoric landscape (Mark Stephens)
  • Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age
  • Hengiform Enclosure E
  • Early Bronze Age barrows
• 4. The Iron Age cemetery at Burnby Lane (Mark Stephens)
  • Barrows
  • Flat graves with structures
  • Flat graves without structures
  • Possible graves
• 5. Other Iron Age features and the post-Iron Age landscape (Mark Stephens)
  • Cow burials
  • Oval ring gully A
  • Enclosure H
  • Iron Age pits and gullies
  • Post-Iron Age landscape
• 6. Iron Age barrows at The Mile (Mark Stephens)
  • Square barrow and chariot burial
  • Circular barrow
  • ‘Satellite burial’ 274
  • Discussion
• 7. The shield from The Mile chariot burial (Melanie Giles and Matthew Hitchcock)
  • Shield form and materials
  • Discussion: the Celtic art context of The Mile chariot shield
  • Conclusion
• 8. An Iron Age weapon burial from Burnby Lane (Yvonne Inall)
  • Spearheads
  • Ferrule
  • Sword
• 9. Other Iron Age weaponry from Burnby Lane and The Mile (Mark Stephens)
  • Central grave of Barrow 37, Burnby Lane
  • Central grave of Barrow 32, Burnby Lane
  • Shield remains from the central grave of The Mile circular barrow
  • Spearheads from the circular barrow at The Mile
• 10. The chariot fittings from Burnby Lane and The Mile (Mark Stephens)
  • Chariot fittings from Barrow 85, Burnby Lane
  • Chariot fittings from The Mile
• 11. Iron Age brooches and bracelets from Burnby Lane and The Mile (Sophia Adams)
  • Bow and penannular brooches
  • Bracelets
• 12. Other Iron Age finds
  • Summary of Iron Age pottery from Burnby Lane (Mark Stephens)
  • Iron Age beads from Burnby Lane and The Mile (Mark Stephens)
  • Objects of antler (Mark Stephens)
  • Stone object (Mark Stephens)
  • Assessment of slag-like residues from Burnby Lane (R. Mackenzie)
• 13. Osteological analysis, Burnby Lane (Anwen Caffell and Malin Holst) and The Mile (Paola Ponce and Malin Holst)
  • Pathological analysis
  • Iron Age population discussion
  • The Mile
• 14. The animal bone from Burnby Lane and The Mile (Jane Richardson)
  • Burnby Lane
  • The Mile
• 15. Summary of carbonised plant macrofossils and charcoal from Iron Age contexts at Burnby Lane (Diane Alldritt)
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusion
• 16. Chronological framework: the radiometric and typological dating evidence from Burnby Lane and The Mile (Derek Hamilton and Sophia Adams)
  • Radiocarbon procedure
  • Methodological approach
  • Samples and models
  • Discussion
• 17. Diet and mobility: stable isotope analysis of the Iron Age population at Burnby Lane and The Mile (Derek Hamiton, Thomas G.B. Fox, Sophia Adams, Michele Alexander, Kerry L. Sayle and Katherine Steinke)
  • Stable isotopes: diet and mobility
  • Methods
  • Results
• 18. The significance of circular barrows of the Arras Culture – warrior graves or just a local tradition? (Paula Ware)
  • Circular Iron Age barrows in East Yorkshire
  • Defining features of circular barrows
  • Continental circular barrows
  • Circular barrows from East Yorkshire
  • Discussion
• 19. Synthesis of the Iron Age landscape (Mark Stephens)
  • The Iron Age cemetery
  • The Iron Age population
  • Material culture
• 20. Conclusion (Mark Stephens)
• Bibliography