dc.creator | Cintas Peña, Marta | es |
dc.creator | Luciañez Triviño, Miriam | es |
dc.creator | Montero Artús, Raquel | es |
dc.creator | Bileck, Andrea | es |
dc.creator | Bortel, Patricia | es |
dc.creator | Kanz, Fabian | es |
dc.creator | Rebay-Salisbury, Katharina | es |
dc.creator | García Sanjuán, Leonardo | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-13T06:12:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-13T06:12:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cintas Peña, M., Luciañez Triviño, M., Montero Artús, R., Bileck, A., Bortel, P., Kanz, F.,...,García Sanjuán, L. (2023). Amelogenin peptide analyses reveal female leadership in Copper Age Iberia (c. 2900–2650 BC). Scientific Reports, 13, 9594. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36368-x. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/147926 | |
dc.description.abstract | Given the absence of written records, the main source of information available to analyze gender
inequalities in early complex societies is the human body itself. And yet, for decades, archaeologists
have struggled with the sex estimation of poorly preserved human remains. Here we present an
exceptional case study that shows how ground-breaking new scientific methods may address this
problem. Through the analysis of sexually dimorphic amelogenin peptides in tooth enamel, we
establish that the most socially prominent person of the Iberian Copper Age (c. 3200–2200 BC) was not
male, as previously thought, but female. The analysis of this woman, discovered in 2008 at Valencina,
Spain, reveals that she was a leading social figure at a time where no male attained a remotely
comparable social position. Only other women buried a short time after in the Montelirio tholos, part
of the same burial area, appear to have enjoyed a similarly high social position. Our results invite to
reconsider established interpretations about the political role of women at the onset of early social
complexity, and question traditionally held views of the past. Furthermore, this study anticipates the
changes that newly developed scientific methods may bring to prehistoric archaeology and the study
of human social evolution. | es |
dc.format.extent | 8 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Scientific Reports, 13, 9594. | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Archaeology | es |
dc.subject | Dental enamel | es |
dc.subject | Peptides | es |
dc.subject | Sexual dimorphism | es |
dc.subject | Social evolution | es |
dc.title | Amelogenin peptide analyses reveal female leadership in Copper Age Iberia (c. 2900–2650 BC) | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36368-x | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-023-36368-x | es |
dc.journaltitle | Scientific Reports | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | 13:9594 | es |