DNA, Iron Age

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.
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.
DNA analysis reveals Iron Age society in Britain was built with around women
Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and matrilocal, with women holding status and influence.
Evidence of an Iron Age Society Centered on Women Found in Ancient DNA
Ancient DNA analysis has revealed that an Iron Age community in Dorset, England, was centered around bonds of female-line descent.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred 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,
Society centered around women in UK during Iron Age: Scientists
Julius Caesar, in his account of the Gallic Wars written more than more than century earlier, also described Celtic women participating in public affairs, exercising political influence — and having more than one husband.
Iron Age DNA Reveals Women Dominated Pre-Roman Britain
To compare what was found at Dorset to the rest of Britain, Cassidy and her fellow geneticists at Trinity sifted through the DNA database of dozens of other Iron Age archaeological sites, scattered across the island.
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 ...
Women-centered Celtic society unearthed in 2,000-year-old cemetery
DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s ...