#matrilocality — Public Fediverse posts

Great @ConversationUS piece in which R. Pope not only discusses the recent #aDNA 🏺🧬 evidence of #IronAge #matrilocality in Dorset (SW England), but also the whole 165+ year old archaeological debate about #matriarchal societies:

https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-study-shows-women-at-the-centre-of-societies-in-iron-age-britain-supporting-decades-of-archaeology-247810

Now this is how #aDNA *and* the #archaeological record are teaming up - The fascinating case of #IronAge Britain's #matrilocality:

🏺 https://www.science.org/content/article/part-ancient-britain-was-woman-s-world-ancient-burials-reveal by @spoke32 via @sciencemagazine

Part of ancient Britain was a woman’s world, burials reveal

2000-year-old graves suggest women wielded as much - and sometimes more - power than men in some Celtic tribes.

https://www.science.org/content/article/part-ancient-britain-was-woman-s-world-ancient-burials-reveal

#Archeology #science #news #matrilocality #history #celts #Britain

Researchers have reconstructed two family trees spanning several generations from a Stone Age cemetery in France. They used DNA and isotope analyses to reveal the kinship and mobility patterns of the people buried there. They found that men stayed close to their birthplace, while women moved to live with their partners, suggesting a matrilocal society. #StoneAge #FamilyTree #Matrilocality https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-a-stone-age-community-women-moved-while-men-stayed-with-family/