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Females dominated in Iron Age Britain: Husbands moved in, wives inherited land
A new DNA-based study challenges the conventional understanding that Iron Age Britain society was dominated by men. An international team of geneticists and archaeologists, led by Trinity College ...
Women were at the centre of iron age Britain – new find reminds us how misogyny has shaped our view of the past
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.
The Daily Telegraph27d
Iron Age Britain was more feminist than previously thought
But a study has shown that women had more power, influence and importance in Iron Age Britain than previously thought. Analysis of 57 skeletons found in a Dorset burial ground revealed more than ...
The Washington Post27d
Women-centered Celtic society unearthed in 2,000-year-old cemetery
Much remains mysterious about society in Iron Age Britain. Human remains from this period are rare. The acidic soil is not suited for preservation, and the bodies of many individuals may have been ...
Nature27d
Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age Britain
Read the paper: Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain The authors found compelling evidence of a matrilocal society — one in which women remained in their ancestral ...