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Nazca Geoglyphs:
Geometric
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Peru & The Nazca Plateau
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The plant
and the cross |
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The "Cross", located near the "Plant" or
"Alga" |
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The cross |
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A near
perfect spiral - drawing by Maria Reiche |
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Class
2 Geoglyph - Monkey/Hands Group |
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This
spiral that forms the end of a zigzag if
far less perfect that the main Nazca
spiral |
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Class 2 Geoglyph - Monkey/Hands
Group |
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The
Nazca Triangle Spiral |
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Uniquely Nazca ... |
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One of the extraordinary and unique features of the
geoglyphs of the greater Nazca region is
their approach to design. Many of
the geoglyphs are constructed using a
continuous line style: where a single
line forms the complete figure without
ever crossing itself. This has
lead many scientists to believe that
these symbols served a ceremonial
purpose - that the people of these
ancient cultures "walked" the lines to
perform some ritual - starting at a
point, then following the entire shape
of the symbol until its end. |
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Maria
Reiche 1981 examining a spiral |
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The add-on
spiral and the plant (at left) |
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Class
2 Geoglyph - Monkey/Hands Group |
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Tight
Spiral |
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Complex
spirals appear throughout the greater
Nazca region, including the
Palpa area |
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Class 2 Geoglyph - Imprecise
Lines Group |
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A cross-hatch
pattern at
Cantalloc of unknown purpose |
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Could this have been a kings
game board? |
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Class 1 Geoglyph - Spider/Spiral
Group |
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This figure is contrary to most
circular symbols - it is not a
spiral - it has no starting or
entry point, and the lines cannot
be "walked" - but this is
clearly a very precise design |
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The
class 1 geoglyph on the right appears to
be fainter, and possibly older than the
class 2 object |
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Class
1 Geoglyph - Spider/Spiral Group |
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Notice The Rib Like Pattern At Left |
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Class 2
Geoglyph - Monkey/Hands Group |
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This comb
structure lies next the the
Nazca whale - it is not clear if it is
complete or partial |
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Class 1 Geoglyphs - Spider/Spiral
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Parallel Lines for
the shape of a loom near
Nazca Monkey |
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An unknown symbol near the
condor - another erased symbol? |
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Maria
and Paul
Kosok at work surveying the
desert in the late 1940's. Maria
is holding a
tupu |
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What is a Tupu? |
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A "Tupu" is a sighting instrument discovered by E.
Herrαn, used by the ancient peoples of
coastal Peru to aid in drawing straight
lines and trapezoids. It uses both
reflected light like a mirror, and as an
alignment sight. |
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Image
Quality |
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A note about
image quality: images of lines and
symbols taken by air or from satellite
images are adjusted to improve contrast and
visibility of the artifact (line or symbol).
The results vary from image to image.
We apologize for the quality of some of the
images, but it is due to the original source
images, and the difficulty of
photographing subject object.
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