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	Nazca - MSN Encarta
		Nazca (sometimes spelled Nasca) is the name of a system of valleys on the southern coast of Peru, and the name of the region's largest existing town.
		Nazca culture developed from the earlier Paracas culture and retained many of the religious and cultural traditions of that society.
		Nazca religious art portrays a wide range of fantastic half-human, half-animal creatures, thought to be symbols of the most fearsome creatures inhabiting the earth, sky, and water.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761587504/Nazca.html (598 words)

	Nazca Lines and Culture - Crystalinks
		But the Nazca geoglyphs, because of their numbers, characteristics, dimensions and cultural continuity, as they were made and remade through out the whole prehispanic period, form the most impressive, as well as enigmatic, archeological group.
		The Nazca Lines are located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the pampa (a large flat area of southern Peru).
		The Nazca plain is virtually unique for its ability to preserve the markings upon it, due to the combination of the climate (one of the driest on Earth, with only twenty minutes of rainfall per year) and the flat, stony ground which minimises the effect of the wind at ground level.
	www.crystalinks.com /nazca.html (3550 words)

	Nazca Lines 4
		The beliefs held by the Nazca are indicated by the archaeological remains, the abundant imagery on Nazca ceramics, accounts written in Spanish colonial times as to traditional worship, current beliefs that are rooted in the past, and an examination of the essentially unchanged ecological situation.
		Flowers are used in rituals to the east of Nazca to invoke the mountain deities that bring rain, seaweed appears in a ceremony to induce rain, and wood was employed in the construction of the filtration canals.
		The relationship between this imagery and the Nazca terrain is further borne out by a vessel depicting a desert landscape on its surface yet intended to contain liquid within, and by a remarkable drum in the shape of a man, covered with a complete "text" of signs and symbols pertaining to the Nazca world view.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/hillfigs/foreign/nazca/na.htm (2429 words)

	ART 5 Unit II Review
		Moche was an extremely sophisticated and well-organized culture whose influence spread from the Chicama and Moche Valleys in the north all the way to the Casma Valley on the central coast.
		Nazca was an Early Intermediate Period culture centered a couple of hundred miles south of the Paracas Peninsula in southern coastal Peru.
		However, unlike their Cavernas predecessors, Nazca ceramics were painted before firing, and by the time of the mature Nazca culture, the incisions were eliminated.
	infinity.cos.edu /art/strong/module/precol5b/default.html (2499 words)

	"Portable Planetariums Home More than a Portable Planetarium" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Nazca culture flourished in the Nazca region between 300 BCE and 800 CE.
		The Nazca region is a desert that the Nazca turned into a viable agricultural area using their aqueduct technology.
		The Moche was an Early Intermediate culture that co-existed with the Ica-Nazca culture.
	www.planetarios.com /nazca-constelaciones.htm (3270 words)

	Nazca travel guide - Wikitravel
		According to archaeologists, the Nazca culture thrived between 500 BC and around 600 AD, and their cultural influence stretched from Cañete in the north to Acari in the south, covering am area of almost 600 kms, with the Ceremonial Center of Cahuachi as its capital.
		The famous underground channels of Nazca, locally known as Puquios (a Quechua word to describe a natural spring), are one of the greatest legacy also left behind by the Nazca Culture, this unique underground system is unique in South America and perhaps in the whole world, as their construction are very intricate.
		The Nazca culture considered their textiles to be an important element within the society, and on especial burials, the corpse had to be wrapping with these beautiful pieces of art with the aim of accompany the dead in the after life.
	wikitravel.org /en/Nazca (4078 words)

	AllRefer.com - Nazca (South American Indigenous Peoples) - Encyclopedia
		Nazca or Nasca[both: nAs´kA] Pronunciation Key, ancient culture of the Nazca, Pisco, and Ica river valleys on the desert coast of S Peru.
		A.D., the Nazca culture seems to have developed out of the Paracas culture, and after 900 it was apparently under Tiahuanaco influence until the Inca conquered the region in the 15th cent.
		Aerial exploration of the arid tableland surrounding the Palpa valley has revealed a remarkable network of lines and trapezoids interspersed with giant animal figures of unmistakable Nazca origin; the animals were probably built to be seen by sky gods, and the lines are believed to be related to observations in astronomy.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/Nazca.html (317 words)

	Andean Jewelry Inc. - Fine Jewelry, Peruvian Jewelry, and Handcrafted Jewelry — Peruvian Cultures
		The Nazca culture thrived from 0 to 600 A.D., at the close of the period known as the “Early Horizon”.
		Early Nazca: This period apparently began as the influence of the Paracas culture came to an end, between 100 A.D. and 200 A.D. This first phase is marked by the many surviving tendencies of the Paracas culture.
		Late Nazca: in this phase it is presumed that the Nazca had their maximum expansion, and began to interact with the Huarpa culture from the state of Ayacucho (predecessors of the Wari culture).
	www.andeanjewelry.com /peruvian_cultures.asp (1163 words)

	Nazca
		In general, Nazca culture is considered to consist of three stages; Early, Middle, and Late stages, and also the Classic Nazca (approximately A.D. One of the most famous and distinctive features of the Nazca culture is the polychrome pottery which has attracted attention because of its technological refinement and the exciting symbolism of its motifs.
		This pottery culture spreads in the area of the valleys of Chincha, Pisco, Ica, Nazca and Acari.
		Even though the Nazca River was located near this cultural area, river water was not enough to support their agricultural needs.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures/nazca.html (591 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Nazca (Site not responding. Last check: )
		or Nasca, ancient culture of the Nazca, Pisco, and Ica river valleys on the desert coast of S Peru.
		Flourishing during the first millennium AD, the Nazca culture seems to have developed out of the Paracas culture, and after 900 it was apparently under Tiahuanaco influence until the Inca conquered...
		Nazca (or Nasca) A culture developed on the southern Peruvian coast c.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Nazca (348 words)

	Nazca Lines
		The Nazca Lines are gigantic geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru.
		Since it is presumed the Nazca people could never have seen their work from this vantage point, there has been much speculation on the builders' abilities and motivations.
		The Nazca desert is one of the driest on earth and maintains a temperature around 25°C (77°F).
	www.virtualperu.net /peru_arch_nazca_lines.html (434 words)

	The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Nazca Lines
		The Nazca Lines are gigantic geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana.
		Since it is presumed the Nazca people could never have seen their work from this vantage point, there has been much speculation on the builders' abilities and motivations.
		The Nazca desert is one of the driest on earth and maintains a temperature around 25°C (77°F).
	www.book-of-thoth.com /thebook/index.php/Nazca_Lines (1049 words)

	World Mysteries - Mystic Places - Nazca Lines (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The meaning of Nazca (the Spanish translation discovered by Gilbert de Jong) is: ‘I am born’ or ‘I am being born’.
		Gilbert de Jong was himself in Nazca and measured the GGF by GPS.
		The famous Archaeologist has the theory, that the lines of Nazca are magic lines which origin from the cat cult in Chavin de Huantar.
	www.world-mysteries.com /mpl_1_2.htm (3248 words)

	Nazca Lines culture and attractions. Nazca Lines travel and tours. Nazca Lines Hotels, youth hostels, lodging, ...
		The Nazca Lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles or more than 80 kilometers between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru.
		The lines persist due to the extremely dry, windless, and constant climate of the Nazca region: the Nazca desert is one of the driest on Earth and maintains a temperature around 25°C (77°F) year round, and the lack of wind has helped keep the lines uncovered to the present day and possibly the future.
		The Nazca lines would be the traces of the place where these conductors would have been set down, but also of the numerous tests that would have been done and to find "suitable positions" to collect EM field and depending of local geology.
	www.mundoandino.com /Peru/Nazca-Lines (1971 words)

	Travel Peru - Topics about Peru Travel and Destinations - Paracas And Nazca: Precolumbian Cultures Of The Southern Coast (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The culture can be characterized by a general absence of pottery, the presence of cotton and the development of a textile technology, and a subsistence pattern still based on shoreline resources.
		Nazca Culture evolved in the valleys of Chincha, Pisco (just north of the Paracas Peninsula), Ica, Nazca, and Acari during the period from 100-800AD, an epoch where regional differentiation was strong in Peru.
		Nazca is particularly well known for its beautifully symbolic and technically superb polychrome pottery and for its enigmatic drawings covering 500 square kilometers (190 square miles) of desert plains.
	www.travelperu.info /topicdesc.asp?ID=19 (1117 words)

	"Dr. Maria Reiche - Linien und Figuren der Nazca-Kultur in Peru" e.V. - Nazca
		Nazca — a little town at the Panamericana with about 23.000 inhabitants — wouldn’t be important without the near soil drawings.
		But the name Nazca doesn’t mean only the lines.
		Cleverly devised and partly underground canal systems are used until today by the agriculture of the wide river oasises.
	www.htw-dresden.de /~nazca/Englisch/nazca.htm (200 words)

	PreInca and Inca Cultures
		The known Pre-Inca cultures include the Chavin Culture, the Paracas Culture, the Moche Culture, the Nazca Culture, the Tiahuanacu Culture, the Huari Culture, and the Chimu Culture.
		The Paracas culture from 1100 to 200 BCE developed along the southern Peruvian coastline where the winds and the sea temperatures have created a natural haven for birds and thousands of species of marine life.
		The Tiahuanacu Culture from 200 to 600 ACE was centered around Lake Titicaca, the Tiahuanacu culture (which was a significant urban complex during the classical period with highly refined ceramics), might have collapsed during a global climatic shift which increased the aridity in the area.
	www.spiritsongs.org /Peru_Peruvian_Ancient_Civilization_PreInca_and_Inca_Cultures.htm (1208 words)

	Peru Guide : The South Coast > Nazca and the Nazca Lines
		The tombs of the Nazca people also give strong clues about their way of life, and included deformed skulls and skulls with trepanation, as well as trophy skulls of enemies killed in battle.
		The town of Nazca is quite large, with a population of about 30,000, but is rather dull.
		These were created by the Nazca people, who dug to the water table and channelled the water into canals, which they used for irrigation.
	www.peru-guide.com /peru_08_The_South_Coast_083_Nazca_and_the_Nazca_Lines.htm (1466 words)

	Ica, Paracas, Nazca - Hotels and other Accommodations - Enigma Travel Collection - Peru
		Ica is known as an area of sand, sea, oases and valleys, the cradle of Peru's Creole culture, saints and medicine men, where the best pisco brandy is distilled and where religious fervor is strong in the worship of the Señor de Luren or the Yauca shrine.
		Nazca, is a gentle town, slowly developing; in which its main economic activity is based on the agriculture and the trade.
		The Nazca culture is not believed to have been capable of manned flight.
	www.enigmatravelcollection.com /english/hotels_ica.html (1323 words)

	Peru Peruvian
		The culture of the Incas, which thrived and prospered between 1400-1532 ACE, was centered in Cuzco in the Peruvian Andes.
		Although the true meaning of the Nazca lines might not be readily apparent, some of the pieces of the Andean puzzle are decipherable like the straight lines which were sacred pathways used to bring water.
		Centered around Lake Titicaca, the Tiahuanacu culture (which was a significant urban complex during the classical period with highly refined ceramics), might have collapsed during a global climatic shift which increased the aridity in the area.
	www.spiritsongs.org /Peru_Peruvian_Ancient_Civilization.htm (5505 words)

	Nazca culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nazca culture flourished in the Nazca region between 300 BC and 800 AD.
		On the pampa, on which the Nazca lines were made, the ceremonial city of Cahuachi (1-500 AD) sits overlooking the lines.
		Nazca VI and VII also begin to show the influence of the Moche.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ica-Nazca_culture (575 words)

	Paracas and Nazca - Desert Cultures - What's New - Peru
		The antecedents of the Paracas culture are not clear; what is known is that the influences it received from the north (Callejon de Huaylas) made possible the germination of a local development that, among other things, produced textiles that are among the most technologically elaborate expressions of this kind in the world.
		Once she had recorded all the lines, she remarked that several of them could show the points at which the sun rises and sets during particular periods of the year, thus determining the solstices and equinoxes (the beginning and end of the summer, and the beginning of autumn and spring).
		It is nowadays possible to find in the area of Nazca various myths that speak of the mountains and hills as gods that control the rains and the fertility of the fields.
	www.enjoyperu.com /peru_travel_tours_information/enjoy_peru_whats_new/paracas-and-nazca-desert-cultures.html (1267 words)

	Paracas - Nazca
		The Paracas was the first one (from 600 BC to 100 AD); but more interesting is the Nazca culture who left one of the biggest mysteries of ancient times, the Nazca Lines.
		But the most interesting spot are the Nazca Lines, a group of 32 huge figures carved in the ground of desert plains with the shapes of animals (monkey, whale, fish, dog, llama, pelican, seagull, condor, hummingbird, lizard, fish spider, etc.) and plants, and even a human.
		It were done in the 5th century AD by the Nazca people, with a religious purpose, and maybe as channels for irrigation of the desert plains, but the truth is still unknown.
	www.indiana-expedition.com /English/Places/ica.htm (679 words)

	Peru Lineas de Nazca
		Nevertheless, the center of the tourist activity in the region resides in Nazca which is well-known at worldwide level by its ceramic art where the colors and representation stand out.
		Also the underground subterranean aqueducts are important and the figures, named Lines of Nazca, which are only appreciable from the air; these figures constitute an important agricultural calendar that still has not been possible to decipher and owes its discovery to the archaeologist Paul Kosok in 1932.
		In addition, in the outskirts of Nazca it is possible to get to know the traced lines in the ground, whose width oscillates between 40 centimeters and 1.10 meters.
	peru.gotolatin.com /Html/PeruNazca/Nazca.asp (1380 words)

	nazca
		The "Nazca lines" is the name given to the huge lines, trapezoids and animal figures that are etched into kilometer after kilometer of this plain.
		He thought that the Nazca lines were runways upon which aliens landed their spacecraft and that Nazca masks depicted the faces of these aliens (Aveni, 14).
		The similarities between the Nazca lines and pre-Inca roads--the straightness, the random piles of debris, the trapezoidal widenings, and the pairs of parallel features--led to the theory that the lines were created to be walked upon.
	www.astronomy.pomona.edu /archeo/andes/nazca.main.html (2811 words)

	Peru - Ica Paracas Nazca Culture
		The culture embraced the river valleys of Chincha, Pisco, Ica, Nazca and Acari on the south coast.
		The Nazca lines themselves may have been built for that purpose, if their use was intended for rituals to insure crop fertility...
		Nazca pottery is famous for its vivid colors, symbolic motifs, and exotic animal and people-shapes.
	www.travelvantage.com /per_ipnc.html (1681 words)

	Nazca. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		), ancient culture of the Nazca, Pisco, and Ica river valleys on the desert coast of S Peru.
		A.D., the Nazca culture seems to have developed out of the Paracas culture, and after 900 it was apparently under Tiahuanaco influence until the Inca conquered the region in the 15th cent.
		Aerial exploration of the arid tableland surrounding the Palpa valley has revealed a remarkable network of lines and trapezoids interspersed with giant animal figures of unmistakable Nazca origin; the animals were probably built to be seen by sky gods, and the lines are believed to be related to observations in astronomy.
	www.bartleby.com /65/na/Nazca.html (244 words)

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