Some people call Iron Age Britons ‘The Celts’. The word ‘Celt’ comes from the ancient Greeks who called these people Keltoi, but it is not a name that they called themselves.
Iron Age cemeteries with well-preserved burials are rare in Britain. Dorset is an exception, due to the unique burial customs of the people who lived there, named as the "Durotriges" by the Romans.
Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons ...