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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Females dominated in Iron Age Britain: Husbands moved in, wives inherited land
Ancient DNA suggests the existence of a matrilineal society in the British Iron Age – where descent and inheritance were ...
British Iron Age burial grounds reveal women had power
Some scholars have suggested that the Romans exaggerated the liberties of women on the British Isles to imply that this was a ...
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 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.
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Britain's Iron Age society centred on WOMEN, breakthrough study claims
The Iron Age people analysed in the study lived at around the time of ... This could be evidence for Julius Caesar's claims ...
Iron Age Britain was more feminist than previously thought
Real authority behind most decision-making rested with female leaders such as Boudica, say academics ...
Women-centered Celtic society unearthed in 2,000-year-old cemetery
DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s ...
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Experts reveal fragments from rare Iron Age helmet
The Trustees of the British Museum The Iron Age people used resources, skills, labour and playfulness to create astonishing pieces of gold work, said Dr Farley ...
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Females dominated in Iron Age Britain: Husbands moved in, wives inherited land
This suggests that these ancient people adhered to a social system ... They went on to analyze existing genetic data from other Iron Age sites across Britain to determine if matrilocality was ...
Experts reveal fragments from rare Iron Age helmet
Fragments of copper alloy unearthed at one of Britain's most important archaeology sites have been revealed to be parts of an ...