New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and political power.
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable, according to surviving written ...
A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...
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 ...
A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and ...
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.
DNA evidence from 2,000 years ago shows that women in Celtic society typically remained in their ancestral communities after ...
Land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain and husbands moved to live with their wife’s community, ...
Archaeologists discovered evidence of the women-led society in Europe at a rare Iron Age site in southwest England.
Researchers analysed the genomes of 57 individuals buried in Iron Age cemeteries associated with ... such as queens like Boudica and Cartimandua, who commanded armies and wielded significant ...
There was also Cartimandua, the 1st-century queen of the ... implies women were influential in many spheres of Iron Age life," he said. "Indeed, it is possible that maternal ancestry was the ...