Turns out that this seemingly small settlement was actually an ancient urban megalopolis, 26 square kilometers in size, with as many building foundations as modern-day Manhattan, an archaeological settlement so large that it would take me decades to survey fully, the entire rest of my career, which was exactly how I didn't want to spend the entire rest of my career, sweating, exhausted, placating stressed-out graduate students, tossing scraps of PB and J sandwiches to feral dogs, which is pointless, by the way, because Mexican dogs really don't like peanut butter.
Resulta que lo que parecía ser un pequeño asentamiento era en realidad una antigua megalópolis urbana, 26 km² de extensión, con tantos cimientos de edificios como los de la Manhattan moderna, un yacimiento arqueológico tan grande que podría tardar décadas en prospectar completamente, todo el resto de mi carrera. Justo como no quería pasar el resto de mi carrera: sudando, exhausto, apaciguando a mis alumnos estresados echando restos de sándwiches de manteca de cacahuete y mermelada a los perros salvajes, que, por cierto, es algo inútil, a los perros mexicanos no les entusiasma la manteca de cacahuete.