Neolithic culture of southeast Spain of the 5th and 4th millennia bc. number of open settlements are known (seeEl Garcel), usually on hilltops. The houses were constructed of wattle and daub, and were circular in plan, with hearths and storage pits. This culture is known particularly for its tombs, which were round and built of drystone, and were used for single or multiple inhumations; some authorities believe that they were ancestral to the coRBEL-vaulted tombs of the Copper Age (seeLos Millares). Almerian pottery was plain, with round or pointed bases. During the later stages of the culture copper came into use.
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