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YAMAGATA--Researchers here have discovered 168 more ancient geoglyphs, where lines drawn across stretches of earth form images that can be seen from overhead, in Nazca, Peru.
The team from Yamagata University said the images of humans, camels, birds, killer whales, cats, snakes and other animals were likely created around 100 B.C.–A.D. 300.
The researchers, headed by Masato Sakai, a professor specializing in cultural anthropology and Andean archaeology, found the geoglyphs through surveys done from June 2019 to February 2020, the university said Nov. 8.
In the previous period covering more than a decade, the research team confirmed 190 geoglyphs in the area.
The new geoglyphs were found on the Nazca plateau stretching 20 kilometers east to west and 15 km north to south, and in the Aja area near urban Nazca about 20 km away from the plateau.
“We think this place close to the urban area, where geoglyphs are concentrated, was a place of importance,” Sakai said.
The team from Yamagata University said the images of humans, camels, birds, killer whales, cats, snakes and other animals were likely created around 100 B.C.–A.D. 300.
The researchers, headed by Masato Sakai, a professor specializing in cultural anthropology and Andean archaeology, found the geoglyphs through surveys done from June 2019 to February 2020, the university said Nov. 8.
In the previous period covering more than a decade, the research team confirmed 190 geoglyphs in the area.
The new geoglyphs were found on the Nazca plateau stretching 20 kilometers east to west and 15 km north to south, and in the Aja area near urban Nazca about 20 km away from the plateau.
“We think this place close to the urban area, where geoglyphs are concentrated, was a place of importance,” Sakai said.