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Paracas Geoglyphs at Cerro Ocucaje, Ica, Peru
This article presents unpublished data from an Archaeological Landscape with the presence of figurative geoglyphs. The study synthesizes and discusses the photogrammetric results of the recent archaeological finds in Cerro Ocucaje, within the framework of the Geoglyphs of Ica Archaeological Project. During the Late Paracas period (about 370-200 BC) and
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Internet software programs aid in search for Amazonian geoglyphs [PDF]
The Web‐based Google Earth software program recently has incorporated high‐resolution satellite imagery that facilitates the search for landscape expressions of past civilizations that we call geoglyphs. Since 2000, about 40 such geoglyphs have been observed in overflights above recently deforested pastures of southwestern Amazonia in eastern Acre ...
Alceu Ranzi, Robert Feres, Foster Brown
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The Geoglyphs of the Atacama Desert: A Bond of Landscape and Mobility [PDF]
In the northern-most area of Chile, stretching six hundred miles down the coast of South America and expanding more than forty thousand square miles into Bolivia, Peru and Argentina lies the Atacama Desert.
Labash, Marika
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Producing geometric designs and images on materials, such as pottery, basketry, and bead artwork, as well as the human body, is elemental and widespread among Amazonian Indigenous peoples.
P. Virtanen, Sanna Saunaluoma
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Using the relationship between art and religion u a take-off point. This article examines two types of earthen art: rock alignments and geoalypht. Differences and similarities in form and content are discussed. As regarding earthen art in various locations, and speculations are made as regarding their religious significance.
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FLORESTAS ANTRÓPICAS NO ACRE: INVENTÁRIO FLORESTAL NO GEOGLIFO TRÊS VERTENTES, ACRELÂNDIA
This article reports results from the first one hectare forest inventory carried out atop a geoglyph. To date almost all the geoglyphs that have been studied have lacked forest cover.
William Balée +3 more
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Lying in Plain Sight: La Jolla’s assemblage of religious art
Exploring a way of seeing expansive meaning in the juxtaposition of important buildings and sculptures, by centering on Alexis Smith’s "Snake Path" sculpture at UC San Diego and her reputation as an "assemblage" or "collage" artist, this article puts the
Rick Kennedy
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Largest known cat geoglyph in Chile identified as the Endangered Andean cat
Rodrigo Villalobos +2 more
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Dating the geometric Nasca lines in the Peruvian desert [PDF]
The Nasca lines are geoglyphs – arrays of stones forming geometric shapes constructed by ancient humans, the largest ones occupying areas of more than 1km2.
Rink, Jack W.
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Components: “Summary”, “Syllabus”, “Presentation”, and “Student Proposals” (Syllabus and Resources, Post-Secondary)Latin American ...
Amrhein, Laura
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