DNA, Iron Age

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 buried together in southern England and uncovered strong evidence of female-line descent.
Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women in U.K., scientists say
Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said.
Who run the world? Celtic girls! New DNA study reveals overlooked power of women in British iron age
DNA evidence from 2,000 years ago shows that women in Celtic society typically remained in their ancestral communities after marriage, while men were more likely to move away. View on euronews
Iron Age Celtic women’s social and political power just got a boost
Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centered on women
An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity College Dublin, has joined forces with archaeologists from Bournemouth University to decipher the structure of British Iron Age society,
Ancient DNA Reveals Women Central to Celtic Britain's Social Networks
New genetic evidence suggests that female family ties were central to social structures in pre-Roman Britain, offering a fresh perspective on Celtic society and its gender dynamics. An analysis of ancient DNA from a late Iron Age cemetery in Dorset,
Ancient DNA Suggests Women Were at the Heart of Social Networks in Celtic Society in Britain
Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery in southern Britain shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage
Celtic tribe's DNA points to female empowerment in pre-Roman Britain
Genetic evidence from Iron Age Britain shows that women tended to stay within their ancestral communities, suggesting that social networks revolved around women
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 ...
In this Iron Age society, husbands moved in with their wives' families, not other way around
Geneticist Lara Cassidy wasn’t surprised to find several generations of the same family buried in an Iron Age cemetery near ...
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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.
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 ...
Society Centred Around Women In UK During Iron Age: Scientists
Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was ...
Iron Age Britain was more feminist than previously thought
Iron Age Britain may have been more feminist than many people believe, a study has found. Queens during this time, such as ...
Rare Iron Age brooch banned from being sold abroad
A rare Iron Age horse brooch has been made the subject of a temporary export ban in the hope it will be acquired by a UK ...
The Exile and Rebirth of the South’s Storied ‘Iron Horse’
Exactly why the sculpture was attacked by University of Georgia students may always be a mystery. But 70 years later, ...