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 ...

When they examined DNA from other Iron Age burial sites across Britain, they found similar patterns. For example, in Yorkshire, nearly 400 miles north of Winterborne Kingston, they discovered a ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... archaeological sites spanning six millennia, British Iron Age cemeteries stand out as having marked reductions in diversity ...

About 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers died and was buried in a cave in northern Spain. In 1996, ...

New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The findings challenge traditional perceptions of Iron Age social norms ... sharing maternal ancestry through mitochondrial DNA, as reported by Science News. This pattern indicates that the ...

Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... there was something special about the role of women in Iron Age Britain. A patchwork of tribes with closely related languages ...