Unearthing her story: The rise of women archaeologists

Home Shows The 51% To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: THE 51 PERCENT © FRANCE 24 11:53 Issued on: 04/09/2026 - 15:17 From the show In a show to kick off a new season, we explore the rise of women archaeologists – and how they are helping to transform our understanding of ancient societies. In the last 30 years, women have come to make up more than half of the profession. At the same time, advances in technology – from DNA analysis to carbon dating – are allowing archaeologists to build a far more accurate picture of the past. And sometimes, that means questioning assumptions that have existed for generations. Annette Young meets three women archaeologists working in France, Sandra Sicard, Rozenn Colleter and Rebecca Peake who are doing just that; using new evidence and new perspectives to challenge long-held assumptions about the lives of people in ancient societies. By: