El Oficio

A settlement site of the Argaric Early Bronze Age in Almería, northeast Spain. The site was surrounded by a thick defensive wall and had rectangular stone houses. Several hundred burials were found, some under the floors of houses. Social class is very marked at El Oficio, where the richest women were adorned with silver diadems, while their male consorts had bronze swords, axes, and polished pottery.

A hilltop settlement of the Arg-aric Early Bronze Age in Almeria, northeast Spain. The site was surrounded by a thick defensive wall. Inside were rectangular houses of stone, some with evidence of wooden upper storeys, packed tightly together. 200 burials were found within the settlement, some under the floors of houses.