Palpa lines and geoglyphs; Although not as famous as the Nazca lines, it contains original features. There are close to 1600 Palpa lines and geoglyphs, which are thought to have been drawn about a thousand years before the Nazca lines. Palpa figures and lines, unlike Nazca works, are located on the slopes or tops of the hills. These drawings are thought to be a complex solar calendar created by the Paracas culture or drawn to please the ancient gods.
Nazca lines; They are mysterious patterns engraved in the Nazca desert in Peru by the Nazca Civilization. Why and how these lines were made is still under investigation. It is thought that the lines, found across hundreds of square kilometers in the Nazca Region, may be remnants of little-understood rituals that may have been connected to their deity or to the life-giving rain. These are described as ground drawings and are spread over the sandy soil of Nazca province.
Discovery and Properties of Palpa Lines
In 2018, Peruvian archaeologists using drones discovered more than 50 new examples of Nazca desert monuments in Palpa province. This discovery revealed the existence of more monuments that left their mark on the local surface with very fine lines. At the same time, archaeologists used drones for the first time to explore local geoglyphs and map out previously unseen details. Some of the lines discovered in 2018 belong to the region where the Nazca culture reigned between 200-700 AD. Archaeologists think that some of the lines are artifacts of the Paracas and Topara cultures, dated between 500 BC and 200 AD. However, many theorists claim that the Palpa Lines were made a thousand years before the Nazca Lines.
Nazca lines are iconic lines that can only be seen from above and are found in different places. Whereas, ancient Paracas geoglyphs were placed on the slopes and made visible to the villages below. Both deal with different artistic subjects. Nazca lines are mostly composed of lines, animal figures, or polygons, while most of the newly discovered Paracas figures depict humans. Thousands of years ago people; They used the flat surfaces of the mountains and the slopes of the hills to draw huge geometric shapes and depictions of people. Today, archaeologists believe that these figures; He believes it was done to please the ancient gods, who were believed to control the forces of nature such as earthquakes, droughts, and floods.
Researchers have identified more than 1600 of the Palpa Lines and geoglyphs. These figures are still mysterious and it is unknown who made them. But the Paracas culture is an Andean society with an extensive knowledge of irrigation and water management. This society flourished on the Paracas Peninsula in the Paracas Region of Pisco Province in Peru’s Ica Region between 800 BC and 100 BC. More information about the Paracas culture has been uncovered by Julio Tello during the great excavations on the beach of Paracas in the 1920s. Known for their long skulls, the Paracas people are distinguished by their knowledge of water management and irrigation. The Palpa lines are still not fully mapped and were probably made a thousand or centuries before the Nazca lines.
