A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...
Fragments of copper alloy unearthed at one of Britain's most important archaeology sites have been revealed to be parts of an ...
There are less than 10 Iron Age helmets in Britain and every single one is unique,' said Julia Farley, Iron Age curator at ...
New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and ...
“This is the first time this type of system has been documented in European prehistory ... the research team decided to compare genetic findings from other Iron Age cemeteries, and though there wasn’t ...
Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift. DNA clues indicate that around 2,000 years ago, married women in a Celtic society, known as ...
but when we compare mitochondrial haplotype variation among European archaeological sites spanning six millennia, British Iron Age cemeteries stand out as having marked reductions in diversity ...
Genetic evidence from Iron Age Britain shows that women tended to stay within their ancestral communities, suggesting that social networks revolved around women ...
who was the British Museum's European Iron Age curator when the project began in 2009. "Metals conservator Fleur Shearman was putting together this material, almost like an archaeological jigsaw ...