Maria Reiche's Line to Archaeoastronomy
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
TL;DR
This paper examines Maria Reiche's archaeoastronomical interpretations of the Nazca Lines, evaluating her approach with satellite imagery and planetarium software, and discussing specific geoglyphs.
Contribution
It assesses the validity of Reiche's astronomical hypotheses using modern tools and provides a critical discussion of selected geoglyphs.
Findings
Satellite imagery supports some of Reiche's interpretations.
Planetarium software helps visualize possible astronomical alignments.
The paper offers a nuanced view of the geoglyphs' potential astronomical significance.
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.
Peer Reviews
No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.
Videos
No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.