- Type:
- Book Chapter
- Published:
- 1998
- Publisher:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Interpreting the Nazca LinesJohan ReinhardThe Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred LandscapesOn the arid coastal plain of southern Peru arose a culture that was to become one of the most famous in the prehistory of that country. Between roughly 200 BC and AD 600, the people inhabiting the Nazca River system made textiles and ceramics that were of the highest technical and artistic quality. Thanks to the desert climate, many of these objects were well preserved and can be seen in museums much as they appeared to the people who made them nearly two thousand years ago. Among the finest …AuthorJohan ReinhardPublisherArt Institute of ChicagoCopyright© 1992 The Art Institute of ChicagoRelated print edition pages: pp.291-301 https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00118.028 Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-14453Copy Chapter subject tags:Nazca Lines Site (Peru)Nazca cosmologyNazca pottery
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- Interpreting the Nazca LinesJohan ReinhardThe Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred LandscapesOn the arid coastal plain of southern Peru arose a culture that was to become one of the most famous in the prehistory of that country.