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Dental evidence of textile-related task activities in the Bronze Age site of Laderas del Castillo (Alicante, Spain)
Romero Rameta, Alejandro (Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico)
Basso Rial, Ricardo E. (Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico)
Jover Maestre, Francisco Javier (Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico)
Herrero Otal, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)
Cuesta-Aguirre, Daniel R. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Fiorin, Elena (Sapienza University of Rome)
Malgosa Morera, Assumpció (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
de Miguel Ibáñez, Ma. Paz (Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Arqueología y Patrimonio Histórico)
López Padilla, Juan Antonio (Museo Arqueológico de Alicante (MARQ))

Date: 2024
Description: 7 pàg.
Abstract: The burial 7 from the Argaric site of Laderas del Castillo (Alicante, Spain), dating from the 2nd millennium BC, included a skeleton associated with a carinated vessel indicative of social recognition. Anthropological and DNA-based methods were combined to determine that the individual corresponds to a young female. Macro- and scanning microscopic analyses revealed morphologically uniform labial notches with smooth and polished enamel on maxillary central incisors, which suggest tooth-tool use involving craft tasks. Plant fibers entrapped in dental calculus suggest that the individual was involved in textile and craft production, most likely working with flax or hemp. These findings provide new and direct insights into the use of teeth as tools related to crafts involving threads and are valuable for assessing the social division of labor within the Argaric prehistoric populations from Southeastern Iberia.
Grants: Generalitat de Catalunya 2021/FI_B1-00064
Generalitat de Catalunya 2014/SGR-1420
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject: Bronze Age ; Craft activities ; Dental calculus ; sex-based DNA ; Tooth-use
Published in: Journal of archaeological science: reports, Vol. 60 (December 2024) , art. 104818, ISSN 2352-4103

DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104818


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