DNA, Iron Age and British women

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 study proves Iron Age British women held unprecedented power
Uncover the hidden power of women in Iron Age Britain. New DNA research reveals the role of powerful female family lines and the emergence of warrior queens.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women A groundbreaking study finds evidence that land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain, with husbands moving to live ...
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 centred around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians, a study said Wednesday.
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 reveals Iron Age society led by women
The social fabric of Iron Age Britain, spanning roughly from 800 BC to AD 100, has long puzzled historians and archaeologists. Recent breakthroughs in genetic analysis are now shedding light on the lives and social structures of these ancient communities.
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Iron Age Tasks Gallery
Iron working was a common element of everyday life in Iron Age Britain. By 500 BC iron had replaced bronze as the usual metal for making tools and weapons. Blacksmiths produced iron using ...
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A Brief History of Science
The extraction of iron, which led to the Iron Age, is a chemical process which ... the time-scale of some of the major events in Earth history and developments in science and technology.
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 ...
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British Iron Age burial grounds reveal women had power
Data from earlier,smaller genetic surveys of Iron Age Britain also have a similar pattern. “Across Britain we saw cemeteries where most individuals were maternally descended from a small set of ...
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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 ...
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Twigstats unveils Europe’s hidden ancestral shifts from Iron Age to Viking era
Twigstats reveals ancient migrations in Europe, enhancing genomic analysis and uncovering genetic shifts from 500 BCE to 1000 ...
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Iron Age Britain was more feminist than previously thought
“Iron Age Britons [unlike the Romans] would likely ... Boudicas and Cartimanduas who lived beyond the reaches of written history. “Things probably would have changed for women under Roman ...