iron age, DNA

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 marriage, while men were more likely to move away. View on euronews
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 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.
British Iron Age burial grounds reveal women had power
Some scholars have suggested that the Romans exaggerated the liberties of women on the British Isles to imply that this was a more uncivilized society. However, this genetic and skeletal evidence implies that women were likely influential and could have been shaping group identity through matrilineal lines.
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.
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 with their wife's community. This is believed to be the first time such a system has been documented in European prehistory.
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,
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.
Experts reveal fragments from rare Iron Age helmet
Fragments of copper alloy unearthed at one of Britain's most important archaeology sites have been revealed to be parts of an ...
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 ...
Iron Age Britain was more feminist than previously thought
Iron Age Britain may have been more feminist than many people believe, a study has found. Queens during this time, such as ...
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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Land passed through female line during Iron Age - study
A study carried out by a team of international geneticists, led by researchers from TCD, has found evidence that land was ...
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Concentric Circular Enclosures from the Bronze Age Discovered in Northern France
Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) have made a significant discovery ...
The iron lung: A life-saving device with an enduring legacy
Before the invention of the polio vaccine, the iron lung supported patients whose lungs were weakened or paralyzed by polio. This is its impact today.
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Three workers die in Odisha cement plant collapse
Bhubaneswar:���The bodies of three missing labourers were on Saturday recovered from the debris of a collapsed iron structure ...