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 ...
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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.
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 ...
Archaeologists Just Found a ‘Treasure Trove’ of Era-Spanning Artifacts
Archaeologists with the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) made a series of discoveries ...
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Scientists discover matrilineal societies in Iron Age Britain, revealing women’s central roles in power and family
A groundbreaking study has uncovered evidence of a society in Iron Age Britain where women played central roles in family, politics, and society. Using DNA from ancient burial sites, an international ...
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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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.
Women led early British society 2,000 years ago, archaeologists find
Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, found that British Celtic ...
Women were at the centre of iron age Britain – new find reminds us how misogyny has shaped the way we think about the past
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.
Saturday citations: New cretaceous predator just dropped; neutron star mountains; a cool 'living seawall'
This week, scientists with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute reported that a key current, the Atlantic Meridional ...
Who run the world? Celtic girls! New DNA study reveals overlooked power of women in British iron age
DNA evidence from 2,000 years ago shows that women in Celtic society typically remained in their ancestral communities after ...