Looking for sexual differences during the middle Neolithic in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

This paper aims to explore the existence of a sexual division of labour and possible gender inequalities. In the framework of the research project entitled "Approach to the first North-Eastern Iberian Neolithic communities through their funerary practices", a series of analyses have been performed, as well as a review of the characteristics that define the social relationships of the so-called "Pit Burials" sepulchres, comprising the structures, the buried individuals and their grave goods. In the present paper, our aim is to cross-reference the results of the lithic use-wear and raw material determination analyses with those performed by other researchers such as isotopic determinations, radiocarbon dating, taphonomical studies, bone industry, use-wear analysis and osteoarchaeological analysis of skeletal remains. Through statistical analysis, a contribution will be made to our understanding of Neolithic people's methods of producing, distributing and consuming goods, as well as their traditions regarding the symbolic ritualisation of those patterns.