Geoglyph
A geoglyph is a large design or
Geoglyphs are generally a type of land art, and sometimes rock art. A hill figure is created on a slope, so that it can be seen from a distance.
Ancient
Perhaps the most famous geoglyphs are the
Since the 1970s, numerous geoglyphs have been discovered on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil, leading to claims about Pre-Columbian civilizations.[2][3][4] Ondemar Dias is accredited with first discovering the geoglyphs in 1977 and Alceu Ranzi with furthering their discovery after flying over Acre.[5][6]
Other areas with geoglyphs include
The south of England has a number of equine and human figures cut into chalk hillsides. Examples include the Uffington White Horse, Cerne Abbas Giant, Westbury White Horse, and the Long Man of Wilmington. Some are ancient, others from the last few centuries.
Possible geoglyphs
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Contemporary
Not all geoglyphs are ancient. The
Geoglyphic texts and images are common in Central and Inner Asia but there has been little systematic study of their origins and spread.
More recent figures in the south of England created since the early 1800s have kept up the region's ancient tradition of chalk hillside figures. Examples of these are the Litlington White Horse, Devizes White Horse, Fovant Badges, Cherhill White Horse, and the Marlborough White Horse.
In 2008–2009
People have used the
Geoglyphs in the world
Country | Geoglyph |
---|---|
Israel | Geoglyphs of Har Karkom[11] |
England | Uffington White Horse |
Westbury White Horse | |
Cerne Abbas Giant | |
Long Man of Wilmington | |
Pewsey White Horse | |
Litlington White Horse | |
United States | Gila River Valley |
Great Serpent Mound
| |
Blythe Intaglios | |
Peru | Nazca Lines |
Paracas Candelabra | |
Brazil | Acre Geoglyphs |
Chile | Atacama Giant |
Bolivia | Sajama Lines |
Australia | Marree Man |
Readymix logo geoglyph | |
Bunjil Geoglyph | |
India | Great Indian Desert Lines, (also known as the Boha geoglyphs), Rajasthan
|
Russia | Russian geoglyph, in the Ural Mountains |
See also
References
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- ^ Simon Romero (January 14, 2012). "Once Hidden by Forest, Carvings in Land Attest to Amazon's Lost World". The New York Times.
- ^ Amazon Jungle geoglyphs in Portuguese
- S2CID 55741813.
- ^ Junior, Gonçalo (October 2008). "Amazonia lost and found". Pesquisa (Ed.220). FAPESP. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12.
- ^ "Unnatural Histories – Amazon". BBC Four.
- ^ Professor David Kennedy, quoted by Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor. "Visible Only From Above, Mystifying 'Nazca Lines' Discovered in Mideast", NBC News (via LiveScience), 9/15/2011
- ^ Amelia Sparavigna, quoted by Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor. "Visible Only From Above, Mystifying 'Nazca Lines' Discovered in Mideast", NBC News (via LiveScience), 9/15/2011
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- Moblog. Archived from the originalon 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ "The geoglyphs of Har Karkom (Negev, Israel): classification and interpretation" (PDF). ccsp.it. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
Further reading
- Tiffany May (19 Oct 2020). "2,000-Year-Old Cat Etching Found at Nazca Lines Site in Peru". The New York Times.
- Kennedy, David (2011). "The "Works of the Old Men" in Arabia: remote sensing in interior Arabia". Journal of Archaeological Science. 38 (12): 3185–3203. .