Queer theory has always questioned the uncritical transposition into the past of the categories linked with the heteronormative sex/gender system of the contemporary Western society. The binary and opposed division into two sexes and genders, the heterosexuality as a naturalized ideal or the nuclear family, are just some examples. The Bell Beaker phenomenon, despite being one of the most discussed topics in archaeology, has never been approached from this perspective. Therefore, in this study, 70 individuals with associated Bell Beaker grave-goods buried in 37 tombs from the main territories of Iberia have been analysed. Through an exhaustive statistical analysis of the archaeological and osteological data set, the existence of some clear differences among social adults (>16 years old) can be identified in terms of social ranking and sex/gender markers, within a complex and non-binary structure. Additionally, a fluid or non-existing sex/gender attribution is the most likely for non-adults younger than 15 years old.

酷儿理论一直质疑与当代西方社会的异性恋性/性别系统相关的类别不加批判地转移到过去。两性和性别的二元对立划分，异性恋作为自然化的理想或核心家庭，只是一些例子。尽管贝尔烧杯现象是考古学中讨论最多的话题之一，但从未从这个角度探讨过。因此，在这项研究中，对伊比利亚主要领土的 37 座墓葬中埋葬的 70 名与贝尔烧杯相关的陪葬品进行了分析。通过对考古和骨学数据集的详尽统计分析，社会成年人之间存在一些明显的差异（> 16 岁）可以在复杂的非二元结构中根据社会排名和性别/性别标记进行识别。此外，对于 15 岁以下的非成年人来说，流动性或不存在的性别/性别归因最有可能。