Los Millares
A model of the prehistoric town of Los Millares, with its walls. | |
| Location | Santa Fe de Mondújar, Province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain |
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| Coordinates | 36°57′53″N 02°31′20″W / 36.96472°N 2.52222°W |
| Type | Settlement |
| Area | 2 ha (4.9 acres) |
| History | |
| Periods | Chalcolithic |
Los Millares is a Chalcolithic occupation site 17 km north of Almería, in the municipality of Santa Fe de Mondújar, Andalucía, Spain. The complex was in use from the fourth millennium BC (c. 3000 BC) to the end of the third millennium BC (2000 BC) and probably supported somewhere around 1000 people. It was discovered in 1891 during the construction of a railway. It was first excavated by Luis Siret in the succeeding years. Excavations are ongoing. Los Millares is the type site of the Chalcolithic Millaran culture.