Caracol (which means "snail" in spanish) is the name given in 1938 by the british archaeological commissioner A. H. Anderson to a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located on the Vaca Plateau at an elevation of 500m above sea-level, in the foothills of the Maya Mountains. It seems that its ancient name was Oxwitza' (Three-Hills Water), and it covered approximately 200 square kilometers, a lot more than present-day Belize City, and supported more than twice the modern city's population.
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