(urth) Nazca Lines

[Pedro Pereira]

>From all I've read, the idea that the city is a port seems to be based on little. It was first proposed by Posnansky in the 40's but the evidence is far from conclusive. Some of his assumptions have actually been disputed by more recent geomorphological studies. 

 

This links resume well some of the evidence:

 

http://members.cox.net/pyrophyllite/Tiwanaku.html

 

It also seems that the actual lake port was at Iwawe, which was connected by road to Tiwanaku (according to Browman, 1981).

 

I don't know, but I don't see conclusive evidence for stating that the city was built as a pot at all.

 

Also, the city is about 10-12 km from the lake.


 
> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:31:44 -0400
> From: brunians at brunians.org
> To: urth at lists.urth.net
> Subject: Re: (urth) Nazca Lines
> 
> Because they built it that way.
> 
> Perhaps I do not understand you.
> 
> .
> 
> 
> >
> > Why is it a port?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Pedro
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:10:28 -0400
> >> From: brunians at brunians.org
> >> To: urth at lists.urth.net
> >> Subject: Re: (urth) Nazca Lines
> >>
> >> > Of course, head chopping is just about everywhere---Celtic Europe,
> >>
> >> And if the story were set in Europe, that would be something to say.
> >>
> >> > for
> >> > example. But yes, it fits neatly.
> >>
> >> > One minor problem with a South American location is that those signs
> >> are
> >> > almost eternal, and they would always be famous around the region. But
> >> > if they lie under water (or ice), or if 20,000 years pass, that might
> >> > solve the problem.
> >>
> >> As all here should be aware, there is a longstanding controversy over
> >> the
> >> dates of Tiahuanaco or whatever they are calling it these days.
> >>
> >> The construction of this city is remarkably advanced.
> >>
> >> It is modular: like modern concrete block construction, although of
> >> course
> >> the units used are different.
> >>
> >> The city is a port.
> >>
> >> The last time the lake was anywhere near it - as in, within a hundred
> >> miles - was twelve thousand years ago or so.
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Lee Berman wrote:
> >> >> I was just watching a National Geographic special on the mystery
> >> >> of the gigantic, many kilometers-long Nazca desert drawings in
> >> >> southern Peru. I thought about the Sun series, mostly because they
> >> did a
> >> >> lot of re-enactment with local, native actors and it made me think of
> >> >> Apu-Punchau, as this is pretty much his territory.
> >> >>
> >> >> The general anthropological conclusion is that these people resorted
> >> >> to massive head-chopping sacrifices and probably ever increased-sized
> >> >> line
> >> >> drawings to influence the weather. The area spent several hundred
> >> >> years as a rather verdant, well-watered place allowing a thriving
> >> >> culture to establish itself. Then the desert started relentlessly
> >> >> asserting
> >> >> itself. They tried in vain to placate the gods with more intense
> >> >> religious
> >> >> expressions each year as they realized the previous year's head chop
> >> >> sacrifices and line drawing were not sufficient to please the
> >> deities.
> >> >>
> >> >> The research conclusions are too recent to have influenced Wolfe to
> >> >> create
> >> >> Urth with its dying sun or The Whorl and its progressive drought. But
> >> >> perhaps the South American native propensity for head chopping had an
> >> >> impact
> >> >> on him.
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