Ancient Bronze Age shaman long assumed to be a man was a woman
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- DNA analysis of a 4,000-year-old skeleton near Stonehenge reveals the 'Upton Lovell Shaman' was female, not male as long assumed.
- The burial included metalworking tools, gold traces, and ritual objects, suggesting she was a high-status metalworker and shaman.
- The discovery overturns stereotypes about Early Bronze Age women, showing they could be leaders and skilled craftspeople.
- Previous assumptions of a male burial were based on bone size, but genetic testing confirmed XX chromosomes.