New Finds At Bolivia's Tiahuanaco Citadel (2 replies)

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...eight drone flights over the complex to gather imagery have shown that the site encompasses at least 650 hectares (1,675 acres), of which 411 hectares are included in the topographical study.

Among the key finds is that the Puma Punku area, one of the least-researched and most enigmatic portions of the complex because it includes extensive ruins and a terraced earthen mound faced with stone blocks, extends for at least 14 hectares.

Archaeologists have found that there is a large underground plaza and two platforms considered to be part of a pyramid, which Bolivian authorities want to excavate....

The work being carried out also leads researchers to believe that near the Kalasasaya temple, there is another buried stone construction, possibly another temple.

Condori said that the work has also revealed signs of a network of water channels at the site.

Also, researchers have detected about 100 circular “domestic units” – or living quarters – underground at the site, and Condori said that excavations will possibly be launched in September to verify the topographic data.