The Atacama Giant

1. Who made the Atacama Giant?
2. Who drew the geoglyphs in Chile?
3. How was the Atacama giant made?
4. When was the Nazca lines built?
5. Is Nazca in the Atacama Desert?
6. What desert is Nazca in?
7. How are geoglyphs made?

Who made the Atacama Giant?

Likely created sometime between 1000 and 1400 A.D. by a successive series of indigenous cultures including the Inca, the massive figure rests among about 5,000 smaller images of birds, mystical designs, and other images that have been etched on the ground.

Who drew the geoglyphs in Chile?

The Geoglyphs of Chile

Built and refined by several South American cultures—likely including Tiwanaku and Inca, as well as less-advanced groups—the widely varied geoglyphs are in geometric, animal and human forms, and in about fifty different types.

How was the Atacama giant made?

The images were created by either digging out the lines of the design from the soil, or by placing patterns of stones and sand on top of it, and sometimes a mixture of the two methods. (Successive cultures worked to create the images, which accounts for the variation.)

When was the Nazca lines built?

Aerial view of Nazca Lines, near Nazca, Peru. Most of the Nazca Lines were constructed more than 2,000 years ago by the people of the Nazca culture (c. 200 bce–600 ce), though some clearly predate the Nazca and are considered to be the work of the earlier Paracas culture.

Is Nazca in the Atacama Desert?

A Unique Location But that's where the similarities end. The Nazca images often overlap those used on Nazca pottery, and they are quite different from the subjects of Chilean geoglyphs. ... They are found in the Chilean Atacama desert in the nort east of the country. They can be found in an area of over 100 square miles .

What desert is Nazca in?

The Nazca Lines are located in the desert plains of the Rio Grande de Nasca river basin, an archaeological site that spans more than 75,000 hectares and is one of the driest places on Earth. The desert floor is covered in a layer of iron oxide-coated pebbles of a deep rust color.

How are geoglyphs made?

The lines are known as geoglyphs – drawings on the ground made by removing rocks and earth to create a “negative” image. The rocks which cover the desert have oxidized and weathered to a deep rust color, and when the top 12-15 inches of rock is removed, a light-colored, high contrasting sand is exposed.