Since the discoveries made by the engineers Louis and Henry Siret during the last two
decades ofthe 19th century, El Argar has been considered a classical 'culture'of the Early
Bronze Age in Western Europe. The appearance of large protected hill settlements, a
specific intramural funerary ritual, as well as distinctive metal and pottery production, soon
attracted the attention of many scholars. The fact that this social and economic development
occurred in the South-East of the Iberian Peninsula, which is one of the most arid regions of …