For the first time, archaeologist Stephen Rosten came across ancient mounds and remains of roads in the Upano Valley region of Ecuador, and this was more than 20 years ago.
When he began excavating, he found a variety of colorful pottery, including jugs that were tested to contain maize beer. Radiocarbon dating showed that people settled here about 2,500 years ago and lived for approximately one thousand years (from 500 BC to the 600s AD).
At that time, according to Rosten,
he did not yet understand that in fact it was a very large complex of
settlements, in fact a huge city, closely connected by roads....<<<Read More>>>...
