DNA-Hinweise aus Skeletten an keltischen Stätten deuten darauf hin, dass Männer in der Eisenzeit in von Frauen geführte Gemeinschaften eingeheiratet haben

>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 Durotrigians, on the coast of south-central England stayed in their home communities while their partners came from outside the area, say paleogeneticist Lara Cassidy of Trinity College Dublin and colleagues.

>This female-centered marriage pattern, called matrilocality, in ancient and modern societies tends to accompany greater opportunities for women to wield household and community power.

[Read more here](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/iron-age-celtic-women-power-dna) and the [research article here. ](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08409-6)