A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and ...

This further suggests Iron Age Celtic women were ... He says archaeologists studying grave sites in Britain and Europe have previously only detected the opposite pattern — women leaving ...

“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 ...

Till now, it is believed that the Iron Age began in the Middle East and South-eastern Europe around 1,200 BCE – that is ...

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 ...

Fragments of copper alloy unearthed at one of Britain's most important archaeology sites have been revealed to be parts of an ...

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 ...

There are less than 10 Iron Age helmets in Britain and every single one is unique,' said Julia Farley, Iron Age curator at ...

This is the first time this type of system has been documented in European prehistory and it ... through data from prior genetic surveys of Iron Age Britain and, although sample numbers from ...