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 ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and matrilocal, with women holding status and influence. A study published ...

The idea that these ancient societies may have revolved around females has previously been supported by finds in Celtic cemeteries ... from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. Fascinatingly, they ...

Iron Age Artifacts Unearthed From RAF Airfield, Researchers Believe Objects Are Parts of an Ancient Chariot Military ...

The Durotriges occupied the central southern English coast from around 100 BC to AD 100 and probably spoke a Celtic language. Human remains from Iron Age Britain are rare because prevailing ...

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 ...

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests. Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that ...

An in-depth genetic analysis of 2,000-year-old genomes has revealed that women were at the center of social networks in British Celtic communities during the Iron Age. Women were potentially very ...

But our results point towards substantial cross-channel mobility during the Iron Age as well. Narrowing down the arrival time of Celtic will be difficult. Indeed, it is quite possible that Celtic ...

Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age British Celtic communities, research in this week’s Nature suggests. The analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals evidence for matrilocal Celtic ...

Female family ties were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain before the Roman invasion, a new analysis suggests. Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that ...