Iron Age Britain was more feminist than previously thought
Real authority behind most decision-making rested with female leaders such as Boudica, say academics ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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 political power.
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Females dominated in Iron Age Britain: Husbands moved in, wives inherited land
A new DNA-based study challenges the conventional understanding that Iron Age Britain society was dominated by men.