Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age ...
1 day ago · Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel Bradley from Trinity College Dublin successfully demonstrated that iron age people who …
Genetics Rewrite History: Ancient Britain’s Iron Age Women Held …
1 day ago · A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands relocating to live within their wives’ communities. ...
Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain
Jan 16, 2025 · 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 …
Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain
Jan 15, 2025 · An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain. Roman writers found the relative empowerment of …
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
Jan 15, 2025 · Archaeologists from Bournemouth University teamed up with geneticists from Trinity College Dublin to decipher the structure of British Iron Age society, finding evidence of …
Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age ...
One hundred eight human skeletal elements excavated at the archeological site of Ashkelon, Israel by the Leon Levy Expedition during 1997 to 2016 were sampled and screened for the …
Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age Britain
Jan 15, 2025 · Figure 1 | Women anchored Celtic communities. a, Cassidy et al. 1 analysed DNA from 55 individuals buried at Winterborne Kingston, an Iron Age burial site dating from 100 bc …
Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women - DNA analysis
Jan 15, 2025 · DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
Jan 15, 2025 · An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity, has joined forces with archaeologists from Bournemouth University to decipher the structure of British Iron Age …
DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in …
Jan 15, 2025 · Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after …