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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 ...
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 DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel ...
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 ...
Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women in U.K., scientists say
Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was ...
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 ...
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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 political power.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centered on women
An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity College Dublin, has joined forces with archaeologists from ...
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Iron Age Celtic women’s social and political power just got a boost
Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift.
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Were the Celts matriarchal? Ancient DNA reveals men married into local, powerful female lineages
An analysis of dozens of British Iron Age skeletons has revealed that Celtic society was organized around women.
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Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women in U.K., scientists say
An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... archaeological sites spanning six millennia, British Iron Age cemeteries stand out as having marked reductions in diversity ...