Arras

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The site of an Iron Age cemetery in Yorkshire, England, with at least 90 burials, some barrows covering the burials and some with chariots. There are several related sites (Danes' Graves) in east Yorkshire with similar grave goods which define the Arras culture along with the burials. Material dates the Arras culture to c 5-1 BC and the Arras people seem to have been intruders from the continent. Their artifacts suggest links with the migrations of the Parisii from eastern France and the Rhineland. The chariot gear includes a distinctive three-link horse bit.

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A site in Yorkshire, northern England, which has given its name to a local group of the La Tène Iron Age. This site is one of several cemeteries of barrows covering burials, some with chariots. The group is regarded as intrusive and has been associated with the migrations of the Parisii from eastern France.

The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied

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