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The items hint that she fought in or helped plan raids and defensive actions in what’s now southwestern England about 2,000 years ago, scientists speculate.
Archaeologists in England used a tooth enamel analysis to confirm that a 2,000-year-old burial contained a female warrior.
In a groundbreaking discovery, a 2,000-year-old grave found on the British island of Bryher has been determined to belong to a female warrior from the Iron Age.
DNA analysis of tooth enamel reveals that a female was interred in a burial containing grave goods that indicate its occupant was involved in warfare.
The discovery challenges our understanding of women's involvement in warfare during the Iron Age.