DNA extracted from 57 individuals buried in a 2,000-year-old cemetery provides evidence of a "matrilocal" community in Iron ...

An analysis of dozens of British Iron Age skeletons has revealed that Celtic society was organized around women.

Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery in southern Britain shows that women were closely related while unrelated men ...

An ancient cemetery reveals a Celtic tribe that lived in England 2,000 years ago and that was organized around maternal ...

The social fabric of Iron Age Britain, spanning roughly from 800 BC to AD 100, has long puzzled historians and archaeologists ...

Genetic evidence from Iron Age Britain shows that women tended to stay within their ancestral communities, suggesting that ...

New genetic evidence suggests that female family ties were central to social structures in pre-Roman Britain, offering a fresh perspective on Celtic society and its gender dynamics.

Some scholars have suggested that the Romans exaggerated the liberties of women on the British Isles to imply that this was a ...

Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was ...

Excavating a Late Iron Age Durotriges burial at Winterborne Kingston (c) Bournemouth University. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Whereas women commonly left home to join their husbands' families upon marriage, the Durotriges, a Celtic tribe that lived in Dorset 2,000 years ago, bucked the mold with a system called ...

This photo provided by Bournemouth University in January 2025 shows burials being investigated at an Iron Age Celtic cemetery as part of the Durotriges tribe project dig in Dorset, southwest England.