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New evidence for the date of the Nazca lines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Helaine Silverman  and
David Browne
Helaine Silverman
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana IL 61801, USA
David Browne
Affiliation:
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, Crown Building, Plas Crug. Aberystwyth SY23 2HP
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Surface features that possess no useful stratigraphy and are not, by their own nature, informative about their age, are notoriously hard to date. A study of associations now defines with good confidence the dates of the surface arrangements of stones and of cleared areas that make up some of the celebrated Nazca lines, Peru.

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Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 247 , June 1991 , pp. 208 - 220
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1991

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