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 suggests women were 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
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 more uncivilized society. However, this genetic and skeletal evidence implies that women were likely influential and could have been shaping group identity through matrilineal lines.
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.
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,
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. DNA clues indicate that around 2,000 years ago, married women in a Celtic society, known as Durotrigians,
health.wusf.usf.edu3d
Ancient Celtic tribe had women at its social center
Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — ...
Celtic Women Held Sway in ‘Matrilocal’ Societies
An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal ...
New Scientist on MSN2d
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 ...
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.