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A multi-analytical study of the Montelirio beaded attires: Marine resources, sumptuary crafts, and female power in copper age Iberia.

Leonardo García Sanjuán, Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado, Marta Díaz-Guardamino, José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez, Teodosio Donaire Romero, José Ángel Afonso Vargas, Carlos Rodríguez-Rellán, Verónica Balsera Nieto, Luis M Cáceres Puro, David W Wheatley and 8 more

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Leonardo García SanjuánDepartment of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8404-9252
Samuel Ramírez-CruzadoDepartment of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.ORCID 0009-0000-8563-4528
Marta Díaz-GuardaminoDepartment of Archaeology, Durham University, Durham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7641-300X
José Antonio Lozano RodríguezCanary Islands Oceanographic Center (COC), Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4598-4472
Teodosio Donaire RomeroDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5582-2253
José Ángel Afonso VargasDepartment Animal Biology, Edaphology and Geology, University of La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3808-310X
Carlos Rodríguez-RellánDepartment of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5884-6592
Verónica Balsera NietoInstituto de la Juventud, Ministerio de Derechos Sociales y Agenda 2030, Madrid, Spain.
Luis M Cáceres PuroDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1381-2476
David W WheatleyDepartment of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Timothy EarleDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Marta Cintas-PeñaDepartment of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Juan Manuel Vargas JiménezServicio de Arqueología, Ayuntamiento de Valencina de la Concepción, Valencina de la Concepción, Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5772-1226
Álvaro Fernández FloresArqueología y Gestion S.L.L., Seville, Spain.
Miriam Luciañez TriviñoConservation/Restoration Section, Department of Painting, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Vizcaya, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5281-9304
Juan Cárdenas-PárragaDepartment of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2787-0829
María Martínez MerinoDepartment of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.ORCID 0009-0003-9578-0483
Fernando Muñiz GuineaDepartment of Crystallography, Mineralogy and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

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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.

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