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== Names for individual geoglyphs ==
The pampa region linked to (around buenos aires, argentina) does not seem to be the pampa region mentioned in this article (southern peru).


The "Images" section presents images of a subset of the Nazca Lines — it's unclear why this subset is chosen, but I presume it's just all of the lines that have high-quality freely licenced images on the Commons.
== Does anybody in Wikipedia remember Maria Reiche? ==


Each of these images has a caption that appears to be the name of the depicted Nazca Line, but does not currently cite any sources for these names. Most of them use the definite article to indicate they are the ''only'' such Nazca Line representing that particular subject, and they are capitalized as proper nouns, not merely descriptions. (Elsewhere in the article, such as the "Rediscovery" section, they are referred to in sentence case, but still with the definite article.) These captions leave the impression on the reader that they are in fact the official names of the geoglyphs, or at the very least their common names. It's quite possible that individual Nazca Lines don't really have names at all, in which case the image captions should be adjusted to reflect that.
Maria Reiche dedicated all her life to take care and explain these lines and there is not a single line about her or her work. On the contrary there are references for ufologist, is this a serious work?
Hard to believe that all crazy theories are mentioned here.


The [[Commons:Category:Nazca lines|Commons categories]] use Spanish names, which seem more likely to be official names for them given they are located in Spanish-speaking countries. Although the Commons categories don't cite any sources for these names either (not that you would expect them to).
I have added a section on Maria Reich's work in preserving the lines--[[User:Crais459|Crais459]] 09:34, 22 March 2006 (UTC)


In particular, [[:File:Líneas de Nazca, Nazca, Perú, 2015-07-29, DD 46.JPG|this image]] is captioned "The Giant", but the file description page indicates it is called "Owlman" and "Astronaut". Without a reliable source to establish one of these three names, I'm not sure which this article should use. [[User:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#A70000">'''Snorlax'''</span>]][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|<span style="color:#0000A7">'''Monster'''</span>]] 11:38, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
== Remove below, is this archeological article or "Fortean Times"? ==


== Scales needed for "Images" section ==
Others believe that the lines are a warning of something to come, a great calamity or the end of the the world. Some believe that the lines were intended as a warning - one of the drawings depicts a monkey with only 4 fingers on one hand. This sort of deformity would have been feared, although the lines' representation of animals is, at best, inaccurate. The shape of the lines, which forms an hourglass, may also support the idea that the lines represent some sort of countdown. It is also suggested that the lines are a large star map that details the future positions of stars, perhaps hinting at a cosmically-inspired calamity.


For a common reader, it would be helpful if there were a short scale (e.g. metres/feet) drawn near corner of each image. Of course, the text gives a general idea of their magnitude but they vary. Wherever the pictures are taken, someone with knowledge of individual figures might have a scale added. [[Special:Contributions/217.140.200.221|217.140.200.221]] ([[User talk:217.140.200.221|talk]]) 21:02, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
==This article 5uxx0rd hard...===


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== How were the lines made so straight? ==
I mean, jesus, the rotten dot com article was better (not like i'm surprised ;-)). I took some stuff from the spanish article, removed that heading, changed the order around, added some verifiable info (all figures are from the spanish article, converted to miles for the sake of a one unit article, even tho i prefer SI units) and tried to cordon off the whack-job UFO stuff into the "alternate theory" section, so as to not make the article too POV. As you can tell from this post, you know where my sympathies lie in regards to the whole space aliens thing. Honestly, it's the same thing iwth the pyramids; people just don't have faith in the ability of man to accomplish anything of value without introducing some whacky deus ex machina. Why can't you believe that ancient indians could scrape gravel off of white dirt! So strange. I think i'll go back and add a link to the rotten dot com article, which is hilarious, btw, and puts these UFO guys in their place. I also added the first picture you now see, although it's a cropped version of a creative commons pic. i just cropped out some empty desert. i don't know whether this is a violation of some kind, but I wasn't about to go through all that BS about mediawiki just to crop a pic. If there's a problem, I'm terribly sorry to the person whose vacation it came from (which i think is the actual source, from what i could gather from the spanish wikipedia) [[User:GuildNavigator84|GuildNavigator84]] 11:27, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


It it possible that long stretched ropes were used in order to help ensure that the lines were drawn perfectly straight? [[Special:Contributions/173.88.246.138|173.88.246.138]] ([[User talk:173.88.246.138|talk]]) 03:14, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


== Does the alien nonsense warrant an entire section? ==
==I want to read...==


There is already a section in the article denoted for speculations regarding its purpose, not that any of the unabashedly racist works of von Däniken should be anywhere near the actual informed speculations of archaeologists anyways. He should be a footnote of that section.
...more about the "extensive network of underground canals and waterways found dating from the same period." That's a nice little bomb to drop at the very end with no more info. Sounds about more interesting than the Nazca lines, doesn't it? Can someone add more info, or a link, or better still another article? [[User:Amity150|Amity150]] 04:16, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


Other pages that cover sites or artifacts with fringe extraterrestrial theories surrounding them do not typically have sections devoted to von Däniken, and giving him an entire section of a Wikipedia article would look unfortunately legitimizing to an otherwise uninformed browser. [[User:CarpinchoCamayuc|CarpinchoCamayuc]] ([[User talk:CarpinchoCamayuc|talk]]) 07:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
== Any satellite images? ==


:No, and seeing no one objected, I will likely remove the section in a day or so unless someone objects. [[User:LegalSmeagolian|LegalSmeagolian]] ([[User talk:LegalSmeagolian|talk]]) 01:19, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
How comes that none of these images of birds and monkeys etc. can be seen on Google Earth? Are they too small or is the contrast too bad? If somebody has found them, a link here would be great! --[[User:TDLacoste|&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;T&#39;&#39;&#39;d&#39;&#39;&#39;L&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;&#39;]] 12:47, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Shamanic Flight
There is no mention of the possibility of the use of shamanic flight
in the creation of the lines; whether it be in the design process, or as part of the motivation to create the lines.


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==Map image==
Can you tell me something about the new map I added. thanks --– <font style="border: solid 1.5px #63B8FF; background-color: #D0E7FF">[[User:Walter_Humala| Emperor Walt</font>]][[User:Walter_Humala/Esperanza|<font color="green">'''''e''''']][[User:Walter_Humala|r Humala ]]</font> · <sup><small>[[User_talk:Walter_Humala|<font color="#00AA88" style="text-decoration:blink">( shout!</font>]] · [[User:Walter_Humala/Signatures|<font color="#00AA88">sign? )</font>]]</small></sup> 16:50, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


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Having a map is no doubt very helpful; I can't comment on accuracy because I don't know where any of the things are. However, I'm guessing that the item labeled 'tiger' is mislabeled; more likely a jaguar? [[user:66.194.72.10]]
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== AI helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert ==
* No, it's a dog. In fact, there's a picture of it labelled as such, further on in the article. Similarly, the image marked 'kiwi' on the map is, of course, no such thing. The image marked 'algae' is called 'tree' on other maps I've seen, although at least one could argue that its seaweed-like. I'm going to remove the link to the map, for the time being. [[User:Anaxial|Anaxial]] 19:51, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


[https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/27/science/ai-nazca-geoglyphs-peru/index.html] [[User:Doug Weller|<span style="color:#070">Doug Weller</span>]] [[User talk:Doug Weller|talk]] 11:20, 29 September 2024 (UTC)
==In response to those who believe it wasnt done by extraterrestrial beings==
although there are some that doubt that man is incapable of doing things that are deemed as "impossible" one should consider some facts
--- how is it that such a primitive tribe was able to construct such very large and quite proportionate pictures without seeing as a whole what they created being that the figures are only visible from a certain distance in the sky?
---how is it possible that the iron material used to construct the figures was 100% iron considering that 100% iron material is impossible to obtain? [[user:76.173.162.154]]

Though this is a silly place to discuss this, I can't resist. First of all, the article states that iron oxide, a far cry from pure iron, was used. Secondly, I'm no Nazca Indian, but I think even I could figure out how to make the approximate shape I wanted on a huge scale without seeing it. All it takes is a coordinate system-any spot that needed to be white, and the lines connecting them, can be drawn out in miniature and the distances beween two lines calculated. Then, all it takes is some very long ropes or accurate pacing to determines which spots need to be dug. I don't know if that's actually how the Nazca did it, but it is certainly one possibility. [[user:66.194.72.10]]

First of... Think about it.... You said all they need is rope.. But you're not thinking how long of rope you would need.... We're talking miles and miles... Who could or would construct rope that long? Then you said pacing.... Again... Miles and Miles... Years and years.... Not possible... Try again..

== Nazca Lines pictures ==
I think there should be more pictures of Nazca Lines.

== A new theory. Nazca lines were simple property lines or grazing lands divisions for herders. ==

1.The Nazca were herders. (http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/press/news/news07/press_516e.html) The pampa was grass lands due to warmer climate. I have lived in Bolivia for 17 years and the people are very organized. Similar pie shaped modern "nucleos" can be see in San Julian, Brecha Casarabe Quechua homestead area of Eastern Bolivia. This is simply the most effecient way to mark of boundry lines for property. (see from Google earth for resemblence (N. of Santa Cruz) The lines were simply trail lines used to lead animals to and from pasture to and from a central corral. As dessertification became more accute and limite pasture more valuable the community probably organized to adminster grass lands and laid off lines to orgainize grazing rights among clans or families or communities. Defined trails to a center corral would have reduced trail erosion, something all herdering cultures in dry areas are sensetive to.

That is my theory anyway. This could be studied by looking for remenents of higher salt content at the center of the "nucleos"(salt used for animal feed supplement), or higher organic content from manure build up. [[User:74.195.50.163|74.195.50.163]] 05:24, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

The animals were probably clan totems and used in ritual walking as discussed in the articleor were used to catch water as the glyphs at El Fuerte at Samaipata.

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== How were the lines discovered? ==

This article does not mention anything about how the lines were discovered by our modern civilization (Just like we know that [[Machu Picchu]] was "discovered" by [[Hiram Bingham]]). Anyone (with good sources) could add that info? --''[[User:Abu badali|Abu badali]] <sup>([[User_talk:Abu badali|talk]])</sup>'' 15:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 11:20, 29 September 2024

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Names for individual geoglyphs

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The "Images" section presents images of a subset of the Nazca Lines — it's unclear why this subset is chosen, but I presume it's just all of the lines that have high-quality freely licenced images on the Commons.

Each of these images has a caption that appears to be the name of the depicted Nazca Line, but does not currently cite any sources for these names. Most of them use the definite article to indicate they are the only such Nazca Line representing that particular subject, and they are capitalized as proper nouns, not merely descriptions. (Elsewhere in the article, such as the "Rediscovery" section, they are referred to in sentence case, but still with the definite article.) These captions leave the impression on the reader that they are in fact the official names of the geoglyphs, or at the very least their common names. It's quite possible that individual Nazca Lines don't really have names at all, in which case the image captions should be adjusted to reflect that.

The Commons categories use Spanish names, which seem more likely to be official names for them given they are located in Spanish-speaking countries. Although the Commons categories don't cite any sources for these names either (not that you would expect them to).

In particular, this image is captioned "The Giant", but the file description page indicates it is called "Owlman" and "Astronaut". Without a reliable source to establish one of these three names, I'm not sure which this article should use. SnorlaxMonster 11:38, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Scales needed for "Images" section

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For a common reader, it would be helpful if there were a short scale (e.g. metres/feet) drawn near corner of each image. Of course, the text gives a general idea of their magnitude but they vary. Wherever the pictures are taken, someone with knowledge of individual figures might have a scale added. 217.140.200.221 (talk) 21:02, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How were the lines made so straight?

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It it possible that long stretched ropes were used in order to help ensure that the lines were drawn perfectly straight? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 03:14, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Does the alien nonsense warrant an entire section?

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There is already a section in the article denoted for speculations regarding its purpose, not that any of the unabashedly racist works of von Däniken should be anywhere near the actual informed speculations of archaeologists anyways. He should be a footnote of that section.

Other pages that cover sites or artifacts with fringe extraterrestrial theories surrounding them do not typically have sections devoted to von Däniken, and giving him an entire section of a Wikipedia article would look unfortunately legitimizing to an otherwise uninformed browser. CarpinchoCamayuc (talk) 07:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, and seeing no one objected, I will likely remove the section in a day or so unless someone objects. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 01:19, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Nazca lines

The Nazca lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created in two major phases – the Paracas phase (from 400  to 200 BC) and the Nazca phase (from 200 BC to 500 AD). The combined length of all the lines is more than 1,300 km (800 mi), and the group covers an area of about 50 km2 (19 sq mi). Most lines run straight across the landscape, but there are also figurative designs of animals and plants. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but in general, they ascribe religious significance to them. The lines were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. This is an aerial view of the geoglyph known as the "monkey", one of the most well-known of the Nazca lines.

Photograph credit: Diego Delso

AI helps uncover hundreds of unknown ancient symbols hidden in Peru’s Nazca Desert

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[1] Doug Weller talk 11:20, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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