Beth Van Dam

Women-centered Celtic society unearthed in 2,000-year-old cemetery DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s families.

DNA recovered from an Iron Age burial ground in southern England reveals a Celtic community where husbands moved to join their wives’ families — a rare sign of female influence and empowerment in the ancient world.

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Brief stop to Oceanside after escaping LA after the fires. Never seen so low a tide there. #sunset #lowtide

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