This was great! I'd watched a lecture recently that mentioned the fact of DNA analysis proving grave good assumptions wrong in the context of Scythian warriors (where, similarly, upon further investigation almost half of the bodies buried with weapons were female), so it's good to know that's the case for plenty of other notably "warlike" societies.

And the thing about constitutional strength, how likely are your soldiers on average to survive the things that actually killed the majority of soldiers, is such a great point that I hadn't seen elsewhere!

Thank you for posting!