On this sponsored episode, Anna and Amber talk about the Nazca culture of coastal Peru. There's SO much more to talk about than the famous Nazca Lines. There's gorgeous ceramics, ingenious irrigation, trophy heads, cactus tripping, and much more!
Links
Cahuachi: New Evidence for an Early Nasca Ceremonial Role (Current Anthropology, via ResearchGate)
Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society (Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru,)
Nasca Ceramics: Ancient Art from Peru’s South Coast (Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology)
2,000-Year-Old Nazca Line Featuring Lounging Cat Found in Peru (Smithsonian)
2,000-Year-Old Cat Etching Found at Nazca Lines Site in Peru (New York Times)
Peru’s Nazca Line etchings depict bird species not native to the area (PBS)
Ancient Nazca people of Peru created own demise (Seattle Times)
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