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Marriage rituals: Even today, in many countries of the world, there is a tradition that the bride goes to the groom’s house after marriage. But a new DNA study shows that this was not the case in the Iron Age. In Britain at that time, the groom would leave after the wedding and the groom would live with the bride’s family. Scientists have given this interesting information on the basis of DNA found from the graves of that time, which reveals a strange and new aspect.
After marriage, it was not the groom but the bride who was bid farewell.
This study Dr. Carried out by Trinity College Dublin under the leadership of Lara Cassidy. The results of this study challenge the common belief that most societies throughout history were patriarchal, he said in an interview. Pitrusthanika means that after marriage the bride goes to the groom’s house and lives there with her husband. But this new study makes it clear that, on the contrary, in Iron Age societies, the groom lived with the bride’s family.
After marriage the bride lived with her family
Dr. Cassidy says there may have been a time when matriarchy, where the bride lived with her family after marriage, was very common. This has had a huge impact on the way women’s role and influence have been understood in society in the past. She also said that even today there are many societies in the world where women have a lot of power and influence.
Very valuable objects were buried in the graves along with the women.
Scientists studied the genomes of more than 57 people buried in a group of cemeteries in Dorset, southwest England. Most of their people belonged to the Durotriage tribe. This site is important not only because it is very difficult to find Iron Age graves here, but also because women were buried in these graves along with very valuable objects. This made it even more special for archaeologists.
After marriage men live with their wife’s family
Genetic evidence suggests that before the Roman invasion in the Northern Iron Age, women in the region were closely related to each other, while men were not. This meant that men came out of their families. This is a clear indication that at that time men lived with their wives’ families after marriage. This helps in understanding the social system of that time.
The results of the study were published in the journal Nature
DNA testing has shown that two-thirds of the people buried in this cemetery were from the same maternal lineage. The cemetery was in use from approximately 100 BC to 200 AD. Researchers say that this is the first time in the history of European society that evidence of such a marriage tradition has been found, where men lived in their wives’ families after marriage. The results of this study have been published in Nature Journal.
Women had full support in the society
Researchers say this pattern of strong female kinship ties does not necessarily indicate that women were in political power, known as matriarchy. However, this study makes it clear that women at that time had little control over land and property and also had strong support in society. This meant that women were not holders of political power but played important roles in society.