The researchers dubbed her “The Ivory Lady”. He was buried with ivory tusks, an ostrich eggshell, and a dagger of crystal stone. He writes for the BBC Science Journal.
One outside Seville from around 2850 BC. A tomb full of treasures believed to belong to a young man between the ages of 17 and 25. But new technology shows the remains belong to a woman. The researchers dubbed her “The Ivory Lady”. He was buried with ivory tusks, an ostrich eggshell, and a stone crystal dagger.
Marta Sintas Peña, associate professor of history at the University of Seville, and colleagues reveal the gender of the ivory lady. A new technique has been used to determine the chromosomal information in tooth enamel. The research team says the new method is very reliable even with poorly preserved human skeletons and that this new method is much cheaper than DNA testing.
Leonardo García Sanjuán, a professor of history at the University of Seville, said that the wealth found in the Copper Age tomb of the Valencina de la Concepción settlement is incomparable to that of other tombs of the period. Therefore, the researchers say that she was the most prominent social figure of her time, which is remarkable since she was a woman.
Archaeologists say that because it also contained a large number of valuable goods, the tomb is a rare example of a single person burial, which is another indication that it belonged to a high-ranking person.
Marta Sintas-Peña and her colleagues have published their work in the journal Scientific Reports.
(Source: BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/)
