Nasca Geoglyphs

    The Nasca Geoglyphs are located in the desert on the coast of Peru. They are the largest drawings in the world, which is very impressive. They referred as Nasca lines. Their designs formed on the earth. They can be constructed from strong natural material for example stone that is a large scale. The Hummingbird measures just over 300 feet in length this is the most famous nasca geoglyphs. There are other geoglyphs such as mammals’, birds, and insects. They are a monkey, killer whale, spider and a Condor. There are plants and geometric shapes that have been recorded also abstract patterns and intersecting lines known as pampa. This approximately covers 200 square miles near the foothills of the Andres mountains. 
Hummigbird, Nasca Geoglypph, over 300 feet in length, formed approximately 2000 years ago (photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Humming Bird
    In my last blog post I did the Paracas textiles and they were found in the exact same area, which is also very interesting. The zoomorphic geoglyphs are the oldest and most esteemed. Each of them are made with a single continuous line. It is said that the geoglyphs were created by the Nasca people. Their culture began to grow in Peru in between 1-700 C.E. Within the andres mountains, they Eastern portion of it prevents moisture from the Amazon from reaching the coast, with that being said, there is very little rainfall and the only water that appears comes from the mountain runoff.  

Map showing the location of the Nasca geoglyphs, map © Google
Location of the Nasca Geoglyphs


Jayne Yantz, "Nasca Geoglyphs," in Smarthistory, October 1, 2016, accessed November 28, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/nasca-geoglyphs/. 

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  1. Lily EdgingtonDecember 13, 2020 at 7:42 PM

    Wow these are so crazy! It's interesting to think about why these were created and how they made such large pieces of art back then.

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