@article{10272/25609,
year = {2025},
month = {1},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25609},
abstract = {Excellent indicators of technology, social organization, exchange patterns, and even beliefs, beads are a topic of research in their own right. Findings made between 2010 and 2011 at the Montelirio tholos burial, part of the Valencina Copper Age mega-site, in south-western Spain, revealed what amounts to the largest single-burial ever-documented assemblage of beads. Furthermore, the Montelirio beads were part of unparalleled beaded attires worn by some of the people buried in the grave, mostly females. A multi-analytical study undertaken over the past 5 years—including a meticulous quantification of the collection, the characterization of the raw materials, radiocarbon dating and chronometric statistical modeling, morphometric analysis, phytolith analysis, experimental work and contextual analysis—reveals several previously unidentified aspects of these remarkable creations. This includes the role of the attires as sumptuary attributes heavily loaded of symbolism, used by a
selected group of women of high social significance.},
organization = {This study was funded with grants from: Andalusian Regional Government. Spanish Government (grant project PID2022-141726OB-I00 funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF/EU), Palarq Foundation, and the UK National Environmental Research Council (NERC) (NEIF-2273.04.20). Funding of APCs (Article Processing Charges): Spanish Government (Grant Project PID2022-141726OB-I00 funded by MICIU/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF/EU) (50%) Research Group Environmental Geomorphology and Hydrological Resources (code PAIDI RNM-293), Huelva University (Spain), ref. 80171004 (50%).},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
title = {A multi-analytical study of the Montelirio beaded attires: Marine resources, sumptuary crafts, and female power in copper age Iberia},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.adp1917},
author = {García Sanjuan, Leonardo and Ramírez Cruzado, Samuel and Díaz Guardamino, Marta and Lozano Rodríguez, José Antonio and Donaire Romero, Teodosio and Afonso Vargas, José Ángel and Rodríguez Rellán, Carlos and Balsera Nieto, Verónica and Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel and Wheatley, David W. and Earle, Timothy and Cintas Peña, Marta and Vargas Jiménez, Juan Manuel and Fernández Flores, Álvaro and Luciañez Triviño, Miriam and Cárdenas Párraga, Juan and Martínez Merino, María and Muñiz Guinea, Fernando},
}