Area around Palpa and Nazca in the southwest of Peru. Ca: Adobe pyramid area of Cahuachi. Each of the around 1500 symbols covers a raster sqare of ca. 550 m. Yellow squares with black X: sure geoglyph(s) in favorable view; yellow dots: sure geoglyph(s); yellow X: linear structure(s) only; green dots: uncertain geoglyphs or lines; S-symbols: geoglyphs of the Palpa area without sufficient satellite pictures: direct link to Karsten Lambers' online map of Palpa geoglyphs. After clicking on a symbol there appears (with exception of the darker marked area near Palpa) a GoogleMaps satellite picture (notice conditions of use, please). In the name box below, after "lll:" the following abbreviations will occur: L for line(s), F for bigger rectangular or trapezoid geoglyphs, T for smaller trapezes, spir für spirals, zentr für centers of lines. Occurently, the position within the visible area is included: rchts for right, lnks for left, obn for above, untn for below. x means several objects, zick zig-zag-lines, haufn rows of stone heaps, unf incompleted structures, fig figural objects, kreis cirles, weh wind erosion, zerst destroyed, graf and rez recent grafitti and objects. According to its size, a single structure may cover more than one raster square of each 0.05 degrees of geographical latitude and longitude (square centers; map datum WSG 84). Especially in the western and southern areas, most geoglyphs are recognizable only very faintly. Oftenly it is hardly possible to distinguish geoglyph lines from the all-over spread driving traces.
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