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 ...
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 ...
New history of the world? MK Stalin says Iron Age began 5,300 years ago in Tamil Nadu
Till now, it is believed that the Iron Age began in the Middle East and South-eastern Europe around 1,200 BCE – that is ...
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Experts reveal fragments from rare Iron Age helmet
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 ...
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Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
This is the first time this type of system has been documented in European prehistory and it predicts female social and political empowerment." Iron Age woman buried with elaborate goods “It ...
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Yorkshire - A Story of Invasion, Uprising and Conflict
Archaeological finds have shown that Yorkshire was occupied at a time when early hunters from continental Europe were no...
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 ...