García Sanjuan, LeonardoRamírez Cruzado, SamuelDíaz Guardamino, MartaLozano Rodríguez, José AntonioDonaire Romero, TeodosioAfonso Vargas, José ÁngelRodríguez Rellán, CarlosBalsera Nieto, VerónicaCáceres Puro, Luis MiguelWheatley, David W.Earle, TimothyCintas Peña, MartaVargas Jiménez, Juan ManuelFernández Flores, ÁlvaroLuciañez Triviño, MiriamCárdenas Párraga, JuanMartínez Merino, MaríaMuñiz Guinea, Fernando2025-06-032025-06-032025-01Sanjuán, 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.adp19172375-2548 (electrónico)https://hdl.handle.net/10272/25609Excellent 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.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/journal article10.1126/sciadv.adp1917open access2416 Paleontología