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 women ...

Most research on women in Ancient Greece and Rome concentrate on urban domestic life where there were no references to women ...

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DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s families.

Archaeologists discovered evidence of the women-led society in Europe at a rare Iron Age site in southwest England.

But it does suggest that women had some control of land and property, as well as strong social support, making Britain's Celtic society "more egalitarian than the Roman world," said study co ...

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

Much remains mysterious about society in Iron Age Britain ... and not like good Roman women?” Cassidy said. “Julius Caesar wasn’t a trained anthropologist, and how much you can trust ...

Credit: AP But it does suggest that women had some control of land and property, as well as strong social support, making Britain’s Celtic society “more egalitarian than the Roman world ...