Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were ... An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England shows that two-thirds of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

And while modern historians have tended to distrust these ancient Roman accounts as over-exaggerated and inaccurate, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA suggests that women really were the big ...

Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were ... An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset in southwest England shows that two-thirds of the ...

Iron Age cemeteries with well-preserved burials are rare in Britain. Dorset is an exception, due to the unique burial customs of the people who lived there, named as the “Durotriges” by the Romans.

A new study has revealed that women inherited land in Iron Age Britain and husbands moved to live with their wife’s community. A team of geneticists made the discovery by analysing the DNA from ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — 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 ...

DUBLIN — Scientists have made a remarkable discovery about women’s roles in ancient British society by analyzing DNA from skeletal remains dating back about 2,000 years. Their research reveals that in ...