Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town
Los Millares Settlement
Chalcolithic (3200–2200 BCE)·Los Millares (Iberian Chalcolithic)·🇪🇸 Andalusia, Almería, Spain
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About Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town
Almería's Copper Age capital excavated by L. Siret 1891, with 13 hill forts, 80 tholos tombs with eye-idols and copper tools. Recorded context — Period: Chalcolithic (3200–2200 BCE); Culture: Los Millares (Iberian Chalcolithic); Field status: excavated; Materials: schist, limestone, mudbrick; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Los Millares (Iberian Chalcolithic) ancient-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Ceremonial centre
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3200 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic (3200–2200 BCE)
- Culture
- Los Millares (Iberian Chalcolithic)
- Purpose
- Copper Age walled town with 4 wall circuits, 13 forts and necropolis of 80 tholoi
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1874
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town
On the ground
Structures & features
36.9650° N · 2.5280° W · 240 m · 3 mapped features
- Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town — outlier feature36.9642° N · 2.5281° W
- Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town — primary structure36.9635° N · 2.5274° W
- Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town — Southern Rock Artrock artrock art at Los Millares Chalcolithic Walled Town — subsidiary complex36.9649° N · 2.5270° W
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