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An Iron Age chariot burial from Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stephen Carter  and
Fraser Hunter
Stephen Carter
Affiliation:
Headland Archaeology, 13 Jane St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 5HE Scotland
Fraser Hunter
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, National Museums of Scotland, Chambers St, Edinburgh EH1 1JF, Scotland
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Abstract

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The chance discovery of a chariot burial shows Iron Age Scotland to be in direct contact with the European continent.

Keywords

Iron AgeScotlandchariotcartburial
Type
Research
Information
Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 297 , September 2003 , pp. 531 - 535
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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