Between the lines :
by Aveni, Anthony F.
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : University of Texas Press, (Austin :) Physical details: xiv, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN:0292704968 (hc : alk. paper); 9780292704961 (hc : alk. paper). Year: 2000| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 985.27 Ave (Browse shelf) | Available | 93579 |
Pt. 1. Prelude -- Introduction : a mystery on the desert -- Wonders of the world : Nasca in perspective -- Pt. 2. Processional -- Nasca before Columbus -- Seeing is believing : rediscovering the Pampa -- Pt. 3. Ceremony -- Sacred landscapes : a Nasca for a new millennium -- Pt. 4. Recessional -- Ley lines to labyrinths : remaking the earth beyond Nasca.
"The Nasca Lines are one of the world's great enigmas. Who etched the more than 1,000 enormous animal, human, and geometric figures that cover 400 square miles of barren pampa in southern Peru? How did the makers create lifelike images of monkeys, birds, and spiders without an aerial or mountain vantage point from which to view these giant figures that stretch across thousands of square yards? Most puzzling of all, why did the ancient Nasca people lay out these astonishing lines and images in the desert? These are the questions that pioneering archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni seeks to answer in this book."--Jacket.
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