RT Journal Article
T1 A multi-analytical study of the Montelirio beaded attires: Marine resources, sumptuary crafts, and female power in copper age Iberia
A1 García Sanjuan, Leonardo
A1 Ramírez Cruzado, Samuel
A1 Díaz Guardamino, Marta
A1 Lozano Rodríguez, José Antonio
A1 Donaire Romero, Teodosio
A1 Afonso Vargas, José Ángel
A1 Rodríguez Rellán, Carlos
A1 Balsera Nieto, Verónica
A1 Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel
A1 Wheatley, David W.
A1 Earle, Timothy
A1 Cintas Peña, Marta
A1 Vargas Jiménez, Juan Manuel
A1 Fernández Flores, Álvaro
A1 Luciañez Triviño, Miriam
A1 Cárdenas Párraga, Juan
A1 Martínez Merino, María
A1 Muñiz Guinea, Fernando
AB 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 aselected group of women of high social significance.
PB American Association for the Advancement of Science
SN 2375-2548 (electrónico)
YR 2025
FD 2025-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25609
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25609
LA eng
NO Sanjuán, L. G., Ramírez-Cruzado, S., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Rodríguez, J. A. L., Romero, T. D., Vargas, J. Á. A., Rodríguez-Rellán, C., Nieto, V. B., Cáceres Puro, L. M., Wheatley, D. W., Earle, T., Cintas-Peña, M., Jiménez, J. M. V., Flores, Á. F., Triviño, M. L., Cárdenas-Párraga, J., Merino, M. M., & Guinea, F. M. (2025). A multi-analytical study of the Montelirio beaded attires: Marine resources, sumptuary crafts, and female power in copper age Iberia. Science Advances, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp1917
NO 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%).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026