Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age ...
2 days ago · Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel Bradley from Trinity College Dublin successfully demonstrated that iron age people who were buried in ...
Genetics Rewrite History: Ancient Britain’s Iron Age Women Held …
3 days ago · A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands relocating to live within their wives’ communities. ... The researchers sampled DNA from a site near the village of Winterborne Kingston, nicknamed “Duropolis”, which archaeologists from Bournemouth University have ...
Ancient DNA from graves reveals "jaw-dropping" discovery about Iron Age …
Jan 16, 2025 · Scientists analyzing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern U.K. during the Iron Age was centered around women, a study said.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
Jan 15, 2025 · Archaeologists from Bournemouth University teamed up with geneticists from Trinity College Dublin to decipher the structure of British Iron Age society, finding evidence of female political and social empowerment.
Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age ...
One hundred eight human skeletal elements excavated at the archeological site of Ashkelon, Israel by the Leon Levy Expedition during 1997 to 2016 were sampled and screened for the presence of human aDNA (28 from the Bronze Age, 8 from the Iron Age I, …
Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age Britain
Jan 15, 2025 · Figure 1 | Women anchored Celtic communities. a, Cassidy et al. 1 analysed DNA from 55 individuals buried at Winterborne Kingston, an Iron Age burial site dating from 100 bc to ad 100. The site is ...
Here, we report genome-wide data of 10 Bronze and Iron Age individuals from Ashkelon. We find that the early Iron Age population was genetically distinct due to a European-related admixture. This genetic signal is no longer detectible in the later Iron Age population.
Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women
Jan 15, 2025 · An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity, has joined forces with archaeologists from Bournemouth University to decipher the structure of British Iron Age society, finding evidence of female political and social empowerment.
Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women - DNA analysis
Jan 15, 2025 · DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
DNA Study Identifies Iron Age Matrilocal Society
Jan 17, 2025 · DUBLIN, IRELAND—DNA analysis of 57 individuals whose remains were unearthed at an Iron Age burial site in southern England suggests that they belonged to a matrilocal society, according to a...