Nazca culture built geoglyphs from 200 BC to 500 AD in southern Peru

Geoglyphs500 BC - 1 AD
The Nazca Lines Still Don’t Make Sense
Source: The Nazca Lines Still Don’t Make Sense by Michael Button

The Nazca geoglyphs were built by the pre-Columbian Nazca culture (~500 BC–500 AD). Dated via analysis of organic materials found at the site 🪵

Key facts:

- Nazca Lines attributed to Nazca culture, a pre-Colombian civilization in southern Peru

- Main construction period runs from around 500 BC to 500 AD

- Nazca produced sophisticated ceramics and technically complex textiles

Key facts

  • Nazca Lines attributed to Nazca culture, a pre-Colombian civilization in southern Peru
  • Main construction period runs from around 200 BC to 500 AD
  • Some figures date further back to around 400 BC during earlier Paracas culture phase
  • Dating determined through carbon dating of wooden stakes found at line ends
  • Nazca produced sophisticated ceramics and technically complex textiles
  • Nazca had deep cosmological beliefs
  • Nazca made agriculture possible in one of Earth's most arid regions

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Sources

How the Nazca Lines were made | Blog Machu Travel Perumachutravelperu.com
The Nazca lines are said to date back from 200 BC to 500 AD. This was the time when the Nazca people lived in the region. The ancient Nazca ...
Why the Nasca lines are among Peru's greatest mysteriesnationalgeographic.com
The lines drawn in geometric patterns and distinct animal shapes across the Peruvian desert have inspired many theories over the years.
Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpawhc.unesco.org
These lines, which were scratched on the surface of the ground between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500, are among archaeology's greatest enigmas because of their quantity ...
Exploring the Mysteries of the Nazca Lines: Peru's Ancient Geoglyphskuodatravel.com
The Nazca Lines are a series of large designs created by the ancient Nazca culture between 500 BCE and 500 CE in the Pampas de Jumana region of ...
Nazca lines - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different- ...
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