🏛️🧬 Researchers found that the Durotriges tribe of ancient #Dorset practiced a social system called matrilocality.

Their analysis of 50 ancient genomes shows that women stayed within their home communities while men moved to join their wives' families. The discovery supports historical accounts of powerful British queens and implies that land and status were inherited through maternal lines.

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Were Iron Age Women the True Rulers of Britain?

For centuries, our vision of Iron Age Britain was forged in a “Celtic” trope of hyper-masculine warrior elites ruling from the ramparts...

^{Amy Irvine (History Hit)}