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DNA Analysis Reveals Celtic Age Women Were the Original ‘Iron Ladies’, Husbands Moved to Live In With Wife’s Community
DNA Analysis Reveals Celtic Age Women Were the Original ‘Iron Ladies’, Husbands Moved to Live In With Wife’s Community An international team of geneticists from Trinity College Dublin along with ...
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Were the Celts matriarchal? Ancient DNA reveals men married into local, powerful female lineages
Celtic society in England was female-focused 2,000 years ago, a genetic study of Iron Age skeletons reveals. DNA analysis of dozens of ancient burials uncovered a community whose lineage could be ...
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Celtic tribe's DNA points to female empowerment in pre-Roman Britain
Genetic evidence from Iron Age Britain shows that women tended to stay within their ancestral communities, suggesting that social networks revolved around women ...
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Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age women in U.K., scientists say
An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... languages and art styles — sometimes referred to as Celtic — lived in England before the Roman invasion in 43 A.D. Valuable ...
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 ...
Women led early British society 2,000 years ago, archaeologists find
Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, ...
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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. DNA clues indicate that around 2,000 years ago, married women in a Celtic society, known as ...
The New York Times25d
Celtic Women Held Sway in ‘Matrilocal’ Societies
An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal lineages, according to a DNA analysis. By Becky Ferreira A tantalizing ...
Newsday25d
Ancient DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain
An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... in January 2025 shows a copper alloy mirror from an Iron Age Celtic cemetery as part of the Durotriges tribe project dig ...
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Ancient DNA Reveals Women Central to Celtic Britain's Social Networks
offering a fresh perspective on Celtic society and its gender dynamics. An analysis of ancient DNA from a late Iron Age cemetery in Dorset, southwest England, has shown that women in these ...
The Washington Post25d
Women-centered Celtic society unearthed in 2,000-year-old cemetery
DNA recovered from an Iron Age burial ground in southern England reveals a Celtic community where husbands moved to join their wives’ families — a rare sign of female influence and empowerment ...