This well-illustrated, concise text will serve as a benchmark study of the Nasca people and culture for years to come.
About the Author
Helaine Silverman is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of Cahuachi in the Ancient Nasca World (1993) and various articles and chapters on ancient Nasca society.
Donald A. Proulx is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is the author of numerous publications on Nasca culture including Local Differences and Time Differences in Nasca Pottery (1968) and The Nasca Style (1983).
Features
Traces the history of archaeological research to sort out fact from fiction.
Includes new data based on years of fieldwork by the authors.
Examines Nasca society, politics, art, and religion.
Debunks the popular "aliens theory" of how the Nasca lines were created.
