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Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain
A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...
Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology
A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...
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Iron Age societies were more progressive than most, including modern times
New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and ...
Genetics Rewrite History: Ancient Britain’s Iron Age Women Held the Keys To Power
A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...
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Scientists discover matrilineal societies in Iron Age Britain, revealing women’s central roles in power and family
A groundbreaking study has uncovered evidence of a society in Iron Age Britain where women played central roles in family, politics, and society. Using DNA from ancient burial sites, an international ...
Women were at the center of iron age Britain. New find reminds us how misogyny has shaped our view of the past
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable, according to surviving written ...
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Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of First Women-Led Society in Europe
Archaeologists discovered evidence of the women-led society in Europe at a rare Iron Age site in southwest England.
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Women were at the centre of iron age Britain – new find reminds us how misogyny has shaped our view of the past
The DNA comes from human remains taken from a late iron age cemetery (circa 100BC – AD100) of the Durtriges tribe in Dorset.
Who run the world? Celtic girls! New DNA study reveals overlooked power of women in British iron age
DNA evidence from 2,000 years ago shows that women in Celtic society typically remained in their ancestral communities after ...
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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 ...
Ancient burials reveal ‘remarkable’ women-dominated society in UK. ‘Relatively rare’
The site belonged to a group the Romans named the “Durotriges,” researchers said, and this ethnic group had other settlements ...
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In Ancient Britain, men would leave their home to live with their wives
A groundbreaking study of the Durotriges tribe in Iron Age Britain reveals that women played central roles in their society.