Almizaraque

A native site in southeast Spain belonging to the Copper Age Los Millares culture. Oval houses were surrounded by ditches and there is a nearby megalithic tomb, similar to those of Los Millares. Baker pottery appears in later phases.

A settlement site in Almeria, southeast Spain, belonging to the Copper Age Los Millares culture. Houses, oval in plan and with traces of plaster, were surrounded by a ditch. Nearby was a megalithic tomb, similar to those of Los Millares. The site, which was formerly thought to represent one of a group of colonies from the east Mediterranean, is now recognized as a native settlement. In later phases of the settlement Beaker pottery appears.