Dating the geometric Nasca lines in the Peruvian desert

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 304, 2005, Pages 390-401

  Rink, W J ^a   Bartoll, J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Berlin Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geoglyph; Nasca; Optically stimulated luminescence; Quartz

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOMETRY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21144446898     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00114176     Document Type: Article

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