Maria Reiche's Line to Archaeoastronomy
History and Philosophy of Physics
2014-04-10 v1
Abstract
Maria Reiche devoted her life to the study of the Nazca Lines, the most famous Peruvian geoglyphs. In fact, she was an archaeoastronomer that proposed for the Lines some interesting astronomical interpretations. We can appraise her approach using satellite imagery and a free planetarium software. A discussion of some geoglyphs is also proposed.
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@article{arxiv.1210.1170,
title = {Maria Reiche's Line to Archaeoastronomy},
author = {Amelia Carolina Sparavigna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.1170},
year = {2014}
}
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Keywords: Geoglyphs, Nazca Lines, Orientation, Archaeoastronomy, Stellarium