
QUICK FACTS
Name: Roos Carr figures
What it is: A set of figurines carved from yew wood and quartzite
Where it is from: Roos Carr, East Yorkshire, U.K.
When it was made: Circa 600 to 500 B.C.
This set of carved figurines was discovered in the parish of Roos, on England's east coast. The carvings, which have been carbon-dated to the Late Bronze Age, may have been offered to the god Odin.