...would have belonged to a high-status individual, such as a “noble” or “warrior”
Sure it wasn't a dodgy spear sales rep? That would explain setting fire to it.
Ancient Brits 'set wealthy man's FANCY CHARIOT on FIRE' – boffins
Archaeologists digging in Leicestershire say they have discovered the remains of a prestige-marque chariot dating from the second or third century BC, which had seemingly been torched on purpose by local inhabitants. The most prestigious badge in Iron Age British chariots According to a statement released by Leicester uni …
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Wednesday 15th October 2014 13:49 GMT Michael H.F. Wilkinson
Re: When archeologists aren't quite sure
Very true. In the "Cave of the Shaman" in southern France there are many carvings on the wall depicting women with exagerated figures (T & A), and a man (definitely a man, no chance to mistake him for a woman, especially in braille, as Terry Pratchett might put it) with a HUGE erection. The local guide explaied this probably had to do with fertility rituals. She was not amused by my alternative theory that this might have been the local communal men's room, and these were just the usual graffiti you might expect from adolescent men (of all ages).
The burnt chariot might have belonged to a much hated landlord
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Wednesday 15th October 2014 16:57 GMT Fun Fun
Re: When archeologists aren't quite sure
I totally agree with your theory about Ts, As and big erectile Ps in stone age mens rooms.
The same goes for the FAT "Venus" statues.
Imagine a stone age community. In the community there is this big girl that enjoys an appetite worth three adult men and her appetite is a small embarrasment to the whole community.
For me it seems much more convincing that the community potter has made the clay Venuses for a secret amusement to the stone age garage, mentioned above.
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Wednesday 15th October 2014 15:34 GMT Hollerith 1
Re: When archeologists aren't quite sure
There was a reconstructed Iron Age village where people lived, and one day a visiting archaeologist came, saw a shallow pit just inside the entrance, and was dumbfounded that it was there -- they had assumed these depressions were of religious significance. The people recreating village life said 'oh, that's where the chickens roll when they come in out of the rain.
In short, a chicken wallow.
I have been skeptical of 'religious significance' or 'ritual object' ever since.
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Wednesday 15th October 2014 20:37 GMT graeme leggett
Re: When archeologists aren't quite sure
Stop messing about! You're having a
navyLark.It's quite obviously an ancient warlord's Bentley. Perhaps he discarded it due to some problem with the mechanism (Binding of the axle after ending up In The Marsh) Or to prevent it falling into his rivals hands - not wanting them to Take It From tHere
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Wednesday 15th October 2014 13:54 GMT Ralph B
Shouldn't Worry
You can still buy the exact same model from the Morgan Motor Company.
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Wednesday 15th October 2014 14:36 GMT Elmer Phud
That reminds me . . .
... years ago when bits of Kings Cross still had poor people in council flats, I spotted a 'new' Porche that had been parked outside a block of flats.
Some kind soul had done a custom paint job by apparently walking from one end of the car to the other - on the top of the car - and doing a Jackson Pollock on the way.
When the locals can only afford a beat-up Astra, don't take the piss.
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Wednesday 15th October 2014 20:06 GMT Gazman
A miracle of survival
I'm sure that it was torched.
One time I drove through Leicester (on the Fosse Way, previously an Iron Age trackway) and the thing that astonished me was a crowd of teenagers standing on top of a car in a park while chanting and pointing at another car they had set on fire.
So, clearly, the ritual has survived in Leicester folk memory.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
