Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:9
They found an unprecedented array of elaborate and intricate structures
unlike any previously discovered in the region, including 5-m-high
terraces and 21-m-tall conical pyramids.
“Our LiDAR system has revealed built terraces, straight causeways,
enclosures with checkpoints, and water reservoirs,” Professor Iriarte
said. “There are monumental structures are just a mile apart 
connected by 965
km of canals long raised causeways connecting sites, reservoirs and
lakes.”
The central role of Cotoca as a primary site is also underlined by the
impressive system of canals and causeways that radiate from the base
platform in all of the cardinal directions, connecting with lower-tier
sites, the Ibare River to the south, and lakes to the east.
This region was one of the earliest occupied by humans in Amazonia,
where people started to domesticate crops of global importance such as
manioc and rice.
The architectural layout of Casarabe culture large settlement sites
indicates that the inhabitants of this region created a new social and
public landscape.
The orientation of the buildings that constitute the civic-ceremonial
centers of the two large settlement sites is very uniform towards the
north-northwest. This probably reflects a cosmological world view, which
is also present in the orientation of extended burials of the Casarabe
culture."
SciNews/Nature
