Many of these early families also captured the waters of the region by constructing earthen / volcanic rock tanks for their animals and built cisterns or pools to collect water for local consumption.
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There is a big aqueduct as well as cisterns, rock tanks for olive oil and the ruins of a fort against pirates constructed during Roman Empire . ( Kanl1divane, the ancient religious center is a few kilometers north of Kumkuyu . ) But modern settlement began only after the 1950s.
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"It's just a trip back in time for me, from swimming in the rock tank as a kid, exploring the canyons to picking dog cactus out of my feet, " said Sandra Wilson, 47, of San Antonio, whose mother, Laura, attended school in what is now the Langtry community center.