 So, good morning. First of all, on behalf of my colleague, Professor Anneta Trinesoza, she, unfortunately, she would love to attend this session, but, unfortunately, she just finished a very demanding fieldwork. Susanan was absolutely unable to attend. She sends her regards and asks for her regrets for not being present at this session. Oh, no, thank you. Okay, but she asked me to salute you to friendly organizers, also to congratulate the EAA on this 25th birthday, and to present this paper she is very interested in the paper she put together on Women in the Archaeological Discourse of the First Century, focusing specifically on the Iberian Peninsula. So, I will start reading her contribution. So, this paper intends to make a short comparative analysis, assessing the contemporary social context and the archaeological data related to the study of the ancient peasant societies between the 6th and the 7th millennium BC in the Iberian Peninsula. Although the archaeological data of the Peninsula of Prehistory do not reveal any distinctions between Portugal and Spain, the research agenda is very different regarding the study of gender archaeology and the study of women in Prehistory. Gender archaeology in Spain has already been active for over 20 years, including colloquiums, exhibitions, many publications, and even the appearance of specific curricular units at various Spanish universities. Despite the growing number of publications on the subject, almost all publications come from a limited number of authors, who are mostly women, and who are honored here for the pioneering character of their research. Looking back over the publication on gender archaeology and women in Prehistory in Spain, we find that despite the growing number of publications, the scientific organization of forums where this research is encouraged is crucial. The most significant number of publications on gender archaeology is found in collective works, resulting from various types of initiatives. The aforementioned curricular units are courses present in various Spanish universities, namely the University Complutense of Madrid, University of Granada, Almería or Seville, exhibitions, journeys and special numbers in journals like Concruz do Mórmenga. Analyzing the content of the publications, we find that there is still a huge weight of the theoretical component. Many of the publications focus on the need to develop research lines on women and gender archaeology, exposing theoretical and political assumptions. The development of research applied to the archaeological record has been growing, however, focusing on themes of maintenance activities, including material culture, space, art, death, archaeology and history of archaeology. So what about Prehistory? Considering that the main authors of gender archaeology in Spain are Prehistorians, it is understandable that Prehistory is central to this type of approach. It is almost paradoxical that precisely the chronological period with the most complexity in developing gender studies is the one with the largest number of publications. The Andalusian Prehistory has known a great deal of research on this subject, especially studies developed for the early Bronze Age, the so-called El Argar culture. The archaeology of death is an important source here, given the good conservation of remains and the clear evidences they afford regarding gender, age and social differentiation. Recently this approach was complemented by other analytical approaches, namely the recently published genetic study showing differences in ancestry between men and women pointing to the genetic contribution of male populations originating in the Asian steppes. The reconstitution of daily life and maintenance practices has also been a well-developed team applying not only to the domestic activities of preparation of food and transformation of food, but also to motherhood and the complex learning process. This also includes architectural studies traditional associated with women, such as pottery and weaving implements, but also other possibilities such as stone daily touch or metallurgical production. Considering that the materialist perspective is strongly present in the interpretive models of the evolution of the certain millennium of the south of the peninsula, the issue of social inequality has also been developed. The recent appearance of exceptional contexts such as the Montelillo-Tolos in Seville or the Manejo-Stombs in Madrid has brought new perspectives to this team. Once again, the archaeology of death reveals itself as an important source, highlighting a possibly distinct role for women in calculating societies. So what about Portugal then? After the pioneering work of Susana Lopes and Vitora Oliveira George in the late 1990s, the researchers jammed under the sign of women practically stagnated. Already in the 21st century, some authors devoted themselves to the team. However, in most cases, the research is not continuous. Most of the authors only published one article in this theoretical perspective. Contrary to what happened in Spain, where Cortes and Coloque, especially devoted to the team, were multiplied, only in 2014 was organized a colloquium entitled Archaeology in Portugal and the Design of Women. The communication were partially published in the Caníbriga Journal and in the direction of Raquel Villase. The enormous disparity of bibliographic research and production on gender archaeology in feminist studies is certainly a reflection of the social, political and theoretical context of Portuguese archaeology. In absolute terms, the growth in the number of archaeological women is noticeable, constituting since 2005 the majority of archaeological professionals in Portugal. An OECD study in 2018 revealed that in the world, Portugal is a country where most women study science, technology and mathematics. The poor development of women's and gender archaeology studies will certainly be provisional, given the current social panorama of Portuguese archaeologists. The limited expression of theoretical archaeology may also be one of the factors that led to this situation. Among the scarce panoramas of research on gender archaeology, we highlight the historiographical studies on the pioneers of Portuguese archaeology as Vera Leisner or Regina Hau. Recently, a colloquium was also held dedicated to another female archaeologist, Serizal da Moita, one of the pioneers of urban archaeology in Portugal. Specifically in prehistory, there are few studies specifically devoted to women in prehistory, but she is present indirectly in various research contexts. It is in ideotechnical artefacts and art that recurring references to women appear as a deity associated with Neolithic and fertility. The recurring presence of statuettes and plaques with feminine attributes has supported the central role of this female deity in the late Neolithic and Calcolitic magical religious complex in central and southern Portugal. Authors such as Vítor Gonçalves have sought the explicit and implicit, associating with the mother goddess to a non-complex society where there is no evidence of social differentiation. The end of the third millennium would come to know the emergence of the young god and the change of the social paradigm from matriarchy to patriarchy. Calçalves de Silva and Joaquin Essoir associate the secondary product revolution with the change in social and gender order, deepening the differences. Recent anthropological studies show that the importance of women in megalithic contexts. Most of the graves with preserved burials have been the subject of very old excavations without proper archaeological record. On the other hand, the collective use of the tombs makes it difficult to find direct associations of burials and spots. Still, our anthropological studies strangely highlight the importance of women in many graves. This may reflect in some way the difficulty of determining in very fragmented collections, but given the data from recent Spanish necropolis such as Montelidio or Manejos, which we mentioned before, we must consider the possibility of greater social and gender complexity. A few findings may change stereotypes. The recent identification of a female burial in the center of a ditch enclosure accompanied by a palmeala point seems to indicate that the classical analysis of gender attributes to artifacts may be reductive and limiting. Still, it should be noted that in the recently opened exhibition on the Campaniform of the Iberian Peninsula in Alcalá de Nares, it is a prince who is portrayed despite the importance of women in the necropolis of the region of Madrid. Gender archaeology and women's prehistory is still an embryonic phase in both Portugal and Spain. In the neighboring country, so in Spain, the geography is very extensive, but even so, when the great questions of research for the peasant societies between the 6th and the 7th millenniums are analyzed, women rarely appears in the archaeological, in the theoretical models. This presentation and this session aims to contribute to the development of studies on women in the prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula, hoping that the invisibility of these studies in Portugal will quickly be overcome. Thank you very much.