Englische Ausgabe, Selbstverlag Maria Reiche, Lima, 1949 Reiche, Maria: Los dibujos gigantescos en el suelo de las Pampas de Nazca y Palpa. Text in English, German and Spanish. google_ad_format = "160x600_as"; Armed with a compass, a ladder-like a watchtower, and a broom, Maria Reiche was known throughout the Nazca Valley as "the woman who sweeps the desert". Bibliographic information. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. & The Stars Of Orion google_ad_client = "pub-9259018507367545"; This text examines the range of sites occupied by the people responsible for some of the most exquisite art and ingenious hydraulic engineering of the pre-Columbian world. The area where the lines are covers over 37 miles. 1989 7th Edition We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Astro-Archaeology News 2019, The Morien Institute 2019 Skywatching Calendar | She was also known as "the witch" because nobody understood what that blonde foreigner was doing, measuring inch by inch the ancient lines carved in the earth, whose mystery remains unsolved to this day. Spirals In The Desert, Share This Page google_ad_channel ="1949099741"; An oasis between the desert and the sea, it is now occupied by huge single-crop plantations, which still use the same irrigation ditches that were dug before the arrival of the Spaniards. Ed. about the Nazca lines Maria Reiche all rights reserved. Mystery on desert Nazca - Perù , Geheimnis der Wuste - Secreto de la pampa by Maria Reiche and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. : "It seems almost incredible that ground-drawings made by superifcially scratching the surface could have withstood the ravages of time and weather over such long periods. by |, please take a look at our Ancient Mysteries Bookshoppe for a wide selection of books Animals & Landscape The desert grooves, he realized, weren’t the ruins of ancient roads at all. Maria Reiche google_ad_client = "pub-9259018507367545"; // End -->, "Markings: Aerial Views of Sacred Landscapes Reiche, Maria: Mystery on the Desert. var dt = new Date(); Maria Reiche Nazca (Peru); Stuttgart: Offizindruck AG, 1968. An additional factor contributing to the ground remaining undisturbed for hundreds of years is that the soil contains a certain amount of gypsum which, moistened by daily morning-dew, slightly affixes every stone to its base. [nach diesem Titel suchen] Vorbericht für eine wissenschaftliche Deutung der vorgeschichtlichen Bodenzeichnungen von Nazca, Peru und Einführung in ihr Studium. google_color_text = "FFD060"; The Spider Geoglyph google_ad_height = 90; if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("PPC") != -1) return true; In 1980 Georg Petersen pointed out that Reiche's theory did not explain the different lengths and widths of the lines. google_color_bg = "000000"; Mystery on the desert/ } The area became a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1994. if (y < 1000) y +=1900; var dayNames = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"); Hardcover This makes it possible to retrace the steps by which the ancient topographers laid out the accurate shapes of their complicated structures, having used stones as markers which have remained in the same place where they were put when the drawings were made. The … google_color_link = "00CCFF"; please send us a book Maria Reiche: Mystery on the Desert. Probably the best known examples of geoglyphs are the magnificent lines and drawings carved into the desert on the Nazca Plain in Peru - only able to be seen in their fullness from the air. The aerial photograph to the left below was taken from a helicopter many hundreds of feet up in the air. Figures On The Plain Tony Morrison, "Nazca: Eighth Wonder of the World?" It is an oblique view, and can give an idea of the sheer vastness of the endeavour undertaken by the ancient people of Nazca. Médica Peruana, 1949. Unknown Binding Maria Reiche (15 May 1903 – 8 June 1998) was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator.She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941 together with American historian Paul Kosok.Known as the "Lady of the Lines", Reiche made the documentation, preservation and public dissemination of the Nazca Lines her life's work. These mysterious lines are named as Nazca lines or Nazca lines and are still a mystery. Geheimnis der Wuste, Mystery on the Desert, Secreto de la Pampa by Reiche, Maria and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. Rodger Osban, "Ancient Nasca Maria Reiche is the author of Mystery on the Desert (4.33 avg rating, 3 ratings, 1 review), Peruanische Erdzeichen - Peruvian Ground Drawings (3.50 avg r... Home My Books Anthony F. 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