Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.

This further suggests Iron Age Celtic women were, perhaps, at the very heart of social networks in their communities, staying in the same circles throughout life, maintaining social networks and ...

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, found that British Celtic ...

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 ...

It’s worth noting menstruating women need more iron than other people as they lose blood roughly once a month. Those who are ...

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 ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel ...

The Iron Age burials of powerful women revealed land and leadership may have been passed down through a mother’s line, new research says. Bournemouth University When the Romans reached Britain ...

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 ...

PARIS - Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was centred around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians ...

That is, the men came to live with the women's family, who stayed in the same location for generations. When the authors compared their data to other iron age sites, they found that matrilocal ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr ...