Iron Age, DNA

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.
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,
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.
Evidence of an Iron Age Society Centered on Women Found in Ancient DNA
Ancient DNA analysis has revealed that an Iron Age community in Dorset, England, was centered around bonds of female-line descent.
Society centered around women in UK during Iron Age: Scientists
Julius Caesar, in his account of the Gallic Wars written more than more than century earlier, also described Celtic women participating in public affairs, exercising political influence — and having more than one husband.
Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain
To compare what was found at Dorset to the rest of Britain, Cassidy and her fellow geneticists at Trinity sifted through the DNA database of dozens of other Iron Age archaeological sites, scattered across the island.
Celtic Women Ruled Iron Age Britain, 2,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals
When the Romans first entered the British Isles, they found a land ruled by warrior queens and other high-status women – or at least, that’s how Julius Caesar and other witnesses described the situation in this new and strange territory.
Women-centered Celtic society unearthed in 2,000-year-old cemetery
DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s ...
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Ancient burials reveal ‘remarkable’ women-dominated society in UK. ‘Relatively rare’
The Iron Age burials of powerful women revealed ... divorce and lead the Celtic armies. Julius Caesar himself noted the seemingly exotic practice of British women taking more than one husband ...
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Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
Echoing the writings of Julius Caesar, the researchers further uncovered a footprint of Iron Age migration into coastal southern England, which had gone undetected in prior genetic studies.
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Society centred around women in UK during Iron Age: scientists
Julius Caesar, in his account of the Gallic ... "But archaeology, and now genetics, implies women were influential in many spheres of Iron Age life," he said. "Indeed, it is possible that ...
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Scientists Discover Celtic Society Where Men Left Home to Join Their Bride’s Community
DNA extracted from 57 individuals buried in a 2,000-year-old cemetery provides evidence of a "matrilocal" community in Iron ...