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The ancient Romans were shocked to find women leading Iron Age tribes in Britain but much of what they wrote was probably a little bit biased. Unfortunately, these Iron Age groups didn't leave written records so how their society was structured has to be determined from archaeological finds and genomic data. New DNA research focused on the Durotriges who lived on the south central coast of England has revealed that their communities were centred on women with male spouses moving to live alongside their wife's family. This was not unique to the Durotriges. When previously-collected data from other Iron Age burials across Britain was analysed, a similar custom was found. This opens up several questions. Does this mean Celtic women were leaders? Where did they inherit these matrilocal traditions from? Why do earlier sites only show signs of patrilocality? In this video I discuss this paper as well as the discovery of archaeological sites near Mount Vesuvius in Italy, one of which revealed footprints embedded in pyroclastic deposits dating to the time of a Bronze Age eruption.

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00:00 Introduction
01:00 New DNA analysis reveals a society centred on women in Iron Age Britain
07:18 Footprints near Pompeii date to a Bronze Age eruption of Mount Vesuvius

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✨ REFERENCES

Cassidy, L.M., Russell, M., Smith, M., Delbarre, G., Cheetham, P., Manley, H., Mattiangeli, V., Breslin, E.M., Jackson, I., McCann, M. and Little, H., 2025. Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain. Nature, pp.1-7.

Radley, D. (2025). ‘4,000-year-old footprints near Pompeii reveal Bronze Age escape from Vesuvius,’ Archaeology News, 1 February. https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/40...

✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS

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Images related to the genomic research, credit: Cassidy, L.M., et al in the paper referenced above.

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Iceni coin, credit: PHGCOM
Map of Celtic tribes in Britain, credit: Notuncurious

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Images of the finds near Salerno, credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Salerno e Avellino via Instagram.

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Stonehenge trilithon, credit: Mike Peel

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Stonehenge with visitors, credit: Margaret Anne Clarke

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Plan of Stonehenge, credit: Anthony Johnson

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Stonehenge, credit: allen watkin
Hanson Log Boat, credit: Roger from Derby, UK
Stones of Stenness, credit: John Ferguson
Ring of Brodgar, credit: DJB
Recumbent stone circle Loanhead of Daviot, credit: Mike and Kirsty Grundy
Sherd of Grooved Ware pottery, credit: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
Skara Brae, credit: John Allan

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Stonehenge at sunrise on the winter solstice, credit: Vicky WJ

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Altar stone, credit: The Stones of Stonehenge