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The Conchopata map shows the probable early MH residence consisting of rooms EA-204, EA-205, and EA-206 and patio EA-208, in the southwestern sector of the site, next to the Quebrada de Totorilla. A settlement center seems to have been established between BC-A and BC-B and perhaps also BC-C and BC-D, which was covered by layers of sand that, in the evening sunlight, take on a pinkish cast, and therefore the space was named the Pink Plaza. This apparently public space was the site of offerings placed in pits excavated though the distinctive sand surfacing, including one discovered in 1977 and another discovered in 2000. Circular and D-shaped buildings, probably temples, contrast with large orthogonal enclosures surrounded by elongated galleries (patio groups) and smaller, agglutinated rectangular rooms.