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 ...

Academic say that ‘individuals like Boudica were able to to reach the highest political offices’ in Iron Age Britain - Culture Club/Getty ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists from Trinity College and Bournemouth University collaborated to learn about the societies of Iron Age Celts and Britain. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Scientists from ...

Remarkable evidence that women in British Iron Age society were empowered politically and socially has been unveiled in an international genetic study led by researchers at Trinity College Dublin.

Read more: Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology When the authors compared their data to other iron age sites ...