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<< Text Pages >> Nazca Lines - Trapezoids - Hill Figure or Geoglyph in Peru

Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 09 June 2008  Page Views: 12287

Multi-periodSite Name: Nazca Lines - Trapezoids
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 5.432 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph

Latitude: 14.69181S  Longitude: 75.155417W
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
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Geoglyph in Ica State, Peru.
Trapezoidal figures made by removing darkened pebbles to reveal the lighter colored desert surface beneath.

Made by the Nasca culture in the first millennium. This example is one of the largest. Trapezoid shapes are found throughout the main Nazca plain and many small examples exist in other locations in adjacent valleys and on hillsides with shallow gradients. A few of these geoglyphs show remnants of stone platforms at one end of the trapezoid.

Note: Ruggles and Saunders research Nazca lines, see latest comment
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Re: Nazca Lines - National Geographic Magazine by PAB on Saturday, 27 February 2010
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Nazca Lines - coverage in the latest edition of National Geographic Magazine in a 22-page article including some excellent photos. The following link (hopefully) will give a flavour of the article: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/03/nasca/hall-text

Yet another one to add to the ever-growing list of places I would love to have explored!
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    Re: Nazca Lines - National Geographic Magazine by bat400 on Sunday, 28 February 2010
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    Once you read the article, note the mention of other Nasca sites with listings on the Megalithic Portal:
    The ceremonial center of Cahuachi, and La Tiza, with its unique burial find.
    Also check the animation link on the left hand side of the first webpage of the article.
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      Re: Nazca Lines - National Geographic Magazine by Andy B on Monday, 01 March 2010
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      The interactive map is well done, very good altogether
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Ruggles and Saunders research Nazca lines by Andy B on Monday, 09 June 2008
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Archaeologists explore Peruvian mystery

Indiana Jones may be flying over the Nazca Lines in Peru in his latest Hollywood adventure, but two British archaeologists have been investigating the enigmatic desert drawings for several years.
Dr Nick Saunders from Bristol University and Professor Clive Ruggles from the University of Leicester are locating and measuring the lines with high-precision GPS, photographing the distribution of 1,500-year old pottery, and painstakingly working out the chronological sequence of overlying lines and designs.

Funded by the Anglo-Peruvian Cultural Association in Lima, their research hopes to unlock the purpose of the dazzling but confusing array of desert drawings.

Bizarre explanations, such as alien visitations, ancient landing strips, and astronomical calendars are being replaced by serious archaeological and anthropological ideas.

Professor Ruggles and Dr Saunders agree with other experts that some lines were pathways across the desert, others had a more religious significance, while some appear associated with desert scars caused by flash-floods, and are probably linked to the veneration of water.

“Identifying which lines came first, whether they were spiritual or functional, and exactly how they were used during a thousand years of prehistory is a great challenge,” said Dr Saunders. “The treasure is not gold but insight, and the mystery is cultural not extraterrestrial.”

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