Los geoglifos: imágenes y escenarios en el desierto de Nazca y Palpa / The geoglyphs: images and settings in the desert of Nazca and Palpa

Abstract

This essay, in Spanish and English, is a summary of what we currently know about the geoglyphs of Nasca and Palpa in south Peru based on recent archaeological research. It attempts to answer the questions how the geoglyphs were made, when and by whom, and what function and meaning they had. The essay is published in the catalogue of the Nasca exhibition jointly organised by Museo de Arte, Lima, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, and Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, in 2017/18.