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 ...
Women were at the centre 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. People today shouldn’t.
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Possible Iron Age fort at planned mansion site
An American billionaire's plans to build a country house in an English village could be delayed by a possible Iron Age hillfort near the site. Ronald Burkle, a businessman and the executive ...
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Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain
Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons ...
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DNA analysis reveals Iron Age society in Britain was built around women
Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and matrilocal, with women holding status and influence. A study published ...
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Society centred around women in UK during Iron Age: scientists
"But archaeology, and now genetics, implies women were influential in many spheres of Iron Age life," he said. "Indeed, it is possible that maternal ancestry was the primary shaper of group ...
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Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women in U.K., scientists say
Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage. An examination of ...
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Britain’s Iron Age Celts had a Matrilocal Society, Study Says
Scientists from Trinity College and Bournemouth University collaborated to learn about the societies of Iron Age Celts and Britain. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Scientists from ...
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Iron Age fort snags US billionaire’s Cotswolds mansion plans
An American billionaire’s plans for a new Cotswolds country house have encountered an obstacle with the potential presence of an Iron Age fort. Ronald Burkle, a businessman who co-founded the private ...
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Ancient DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by Bournemouth University in January 2025 shows burials being investigated at an Iron ...
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Females dominated in Iron Age Britain: Husbands moved in, wives inherited land
A new DNA-based study challenges the conventional understanding that Iron Age Britain society was dominated by men. An international team of geneticists and archaeologists, led by Trinity College ...
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Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
A new study has found evidence that land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain, with husbands moving to live with their wife’s community. This is believed to be the first time such ...