In this Iron Age society, husbands moved in with their wives' families, not other way around
Geneticist Lara Cassidy wasn’t surprised to find several generations of the same family buried in an Iron Age cemetery near ...
DNA analysis reveals Iron Age society in Britain was built around women
Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and ...
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Iron Age societies were more progressive than most, including modern times
New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and ...
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Possible Iron Age Helmet Identified in England
Reconstruction of Iron Age helmet (top) from copper alloy fragments (above) found in the hoard. SNETTISHAM, ENGLAND—Metal ...
Women were at the center of iron age Britain. New find reminds us how misogyny has shaped our view of the past
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable, according to surviving written ...
Ancient DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain
Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new ...
Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology
A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...
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Scientists Discover Celtic Society Where Men Left Home to Join Their Bride’s Community
DNA extracted from 57 individuals buried in a 2,000-year-old cemetery provides evidence of a "matrilocal" community in Iron ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of First Women-Led Society in Europe
Archaeologists discovered evidence of the women-led society in Europe at a rare Iron Age site in southwest England.
Genetics Rewrite History: Ancient Britain’s Iron Age Women Held the Keys To Power
A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...
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Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain
Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons ...
Ancient burials reveal ‘remarkable’ women-dominated society in UK. ‘Relatively rare’
The Iron Age burials of powerful women revealed land and leadership may have been passed down through a mother’s line, new ...