“This tells us that husbands moved to join their wives’ communities upon marriage, with land potentially passed down through the female line. It’s relatively rare in modern societies, but this might ...

Data from earlier,smaller genetic surveys of Iron Age Britain also have a similar pattern. ... “Two of the earliest recorded rulers were queens–Boudica and Cartimandua–who commanded armies.

Two of the earliest recorded rulers were queens -- Boudica and Cartimandua ... Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain. Nature, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08409-6; ...

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 ...

Cartimandua, who ruled from around AD 43, was the first documented queen to reign in part of the British Isles, ... Iron Age settlements were also discovered in Aldborough, ...

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 ...

The painting "Boadicea Haranguing the Britons" by John Opie (1761–1807), depicting the warrior queen Boudica of the Iron Age. (Public domain/Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — ...

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 ...

Cartimandua, who ruled from around AD 43, was the first documented queen to reign in part of the British Isles, ... Iron Age settlements were also discovered in Aldborough, ...

A hoard of Iron Age "bling" unearthed in North Yorkshire was a "garish" display of wealth from tribes more powerful than previously thought, an archaeologist has said. Dr Adam Parker from the ...