To compare what was found at Dorset to the rest of Britain, Cassidy and her fellow geneticists at Trinity sifted through the DNA database of dozens of other Iron Age archaeological sites, scattered ...

When they examined DNA from other Iron Age burial sites across Britain, they found similar patterns. For example, in Yorkshire, nearly 400 miles north of Winterborne Kingston, they discovered a ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... archaeological sites spanning six millennia, British Iron Age cemeteries stand out as having marked reductions in diversity ...

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

The DNA comes from human remains taken from a late iron age cemetery (circa 100BC—AD100) of the Durtriges tribe in Dorset.

Celtic society in England was female-focused 2,000 years ago, a genetic study of Iron Age skeletons reveals. DNA analysis of dozens of ancient burials uncovered a community whose lineage could be ...

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

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 ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

An examination of ancient DNA recovered from 57 graves in Dorset ... there was something special about the role of women in Iron Age Britain. A patchwork of tribes with closely related languages ...