Female sex bias in Iberian megalithic societies through bioarchaeology, aDNA and proteomics.

Autor: Díaz-Zorita Bonilla M; Institute for Pre- and Protohistory and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. marta.diaz-zorita-bonilla@uni-tuebingen.de., Jiménez Aranda G; Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain., Sánchez Romero M; Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain., Fregel R; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology and Genetics, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain., Rebay-Salisbury K; Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria., Kanz F; Center for Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Vílchez Suárez M; Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain., Robles Carrasco S; Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain., Becerra Fuello P; Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain., Ordónez AC; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology and Genetics, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.; Department of Historical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain., Wolf M; Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., González Serrano J; Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell Biology and Genetics, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain., Milesi García L; Department of Historical Sciences, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 Sep 23; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 21818. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 23.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72148-x
Abstrakt: Uncertainties regarding traditional osteological methods in biological sex estimation can often be overcome with genomic and proteomic analyses. The combination of the three methodologies has been used for a better understanding of the gender-related funerary rituals at the Iberian megalithic cemetery of Panoría. As a result, 44 individuals have been sexed including, for the first time, non-adults. Contrary to the male bias found in many Iberian and European megalithic monuments, the Panoría population shows a clear sex ratio imbalance in favour of females, with twice as many females as males. Furthermore, this imbalance is found regardless of the criterion considered: sex ratio by tomb, chronological period, method of sex estimation, or age group. Biological relatedness was considered as possible sociocultural explanations for this female-related bias. However, the current results obtained for Panoría are indicative of a female-centred social structure potentially influencing rites and cultural traditions.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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