@misc{10481/95990,
year = {2024},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/95990},
abstract = {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, nonadults.
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.},
organization = {European Regional Development Fund, FEDER–programme (B-HUM-
174-UGR20 and PGC2018-094101-A-I00)},
organization = {Regional Government of Andalusia (P18-FR-4123)},
organization = {Spanish
Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2020-114282GB-I00 and PID2021-123080NB-I00)},
organization = {Austrian
Science Fund FWF (TAI 759)},
publisher = {SpringerLink},
keywords = {Megalithism},
keywords = {Iberian Peninsula},
keywords = {Funerary ritual},
title = {Female sex bias in Iberian megalithic societies through bioarchaeology, aDNA and proteomics},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-024-72148-x},
author = {Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, Marta and Aranda Jiménez, Gonzalo and Sánchez Romero, Margarita and Fregel, Rosa and Rebay‑Salisbury, Katharina and Kanz, Fabian and Vílchez Suárez, Miriam and Robles Carrasco, Sonia and Becerra Fuello, Paula and Ordóñez, Alejandra C. and Wolf, Michael and González Serrano, Javier and Milesi García, Lara},
}