Exploring Celtic Society: How Women Were Important in Old Family Groups.

Before the Romans came to Britain, families were very important to Celtic people. Women especially were close to their families, and they stayed together in the same communities.

Scientists studied very old graves in England and found that many of the women were related. This means that men probably moved to be with their wives' families.

This is unusual because in many other cultures, women usually moved to live with their husbands' families. Scientists call this pattern 'matrilocality,' and it's not very common in history.

Even before this study, people knew that women were important in Celtic society. They were buried with special things, and Roman writers even complained that Celtic women were too independent!

This study shows that Celtic women probably had more power than women in other cultures at the time. They likely owned land and had strong families, which made their society more equal than the Romans.