[gleeaikin]

Perhaps it was the place where caravans keep their livestock enclosed along with guest houses and supply buildings. Why does every find always have to be religious/ceremonial?

[blam]

"Why does every find always have to be religious/ceremonial?"

Ditto.

A bingo hall, maybe?

[Red Badger]

I’ve often wondered that as well, but this structure and layout is too precise and well planned for a stable and stockyards............

[Red Badger]

Plus, if you look closely at the pic on the left, you will see that it is a series of raised platforms, like stepped plains, so the camel theory is kind of a no go...............

[Red Badger]

..........and there are other known temple structures nearby, some Christian, some not...................

[Red Badger]

Also note that the entire layout is facing slightly southeast, if you assume that the ‘front’ of the structure is the wide open area between the smaller square and the cliffs. That would indicate to me that it was made to face the rising sun. I don’t know what precise direction the sun rises at that location on the spring equinox or the summer solstice, but I’d bet it’s pretty close to that layout’s orientation.......................

[Fred Nerks]

...Why does every find always have to be religious/ceremonial?

A draped market place, maybe?