Episode 144 - Nazca, Outside the Lines

On this sponsored episode, Anna and Amber talk about the Nazca culture of coastal Peru. There's so much more to talk about than the famous Nazca Lines. There's gorgeous ceramics, ingenious irrigation, trophy heads, cactus tripping, and much more!

The Puquios of Nasca (Latin American Antiquity)

Cahuachi: New Evidence for an Early Nasca Ceremonial Role (Current Anthropology, via ResearchGate)

Ritual Uses of Trophy Heads in Ancient Nasca Society (Ritual Sacrifice in Ancient Peru,)

Traditional Medicinal Plant Use in Northern Peru: Tracking Two Thousand Years of Healing Culture (Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)

Nasca Ceramics: Ancient Art from Peru’s South Coast (Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology)

Nazca Pottery (World History Encyclopedia)

Nasca Ceramic Iconography: An Overview (The Studio Potter)

2,000-Year-Old Nazca Line Featuring Lounging Cat Found in Peru (Smithsonian)

2,000-Year-Old Cat Etching Found at Nazca Lines Site in Peru (New York Times)

Peru’s Nazca Line etchings depict bird species not native to the area (PBS)

Identifying the bird figures of the Nasca pampas: An ornithological perspective (Journal of Archaeological Science)

The Racism Behind Alien Mummy Hoaxes (The Atlantic)

Ancient Nazca people of Peru created own demise (Seattle Times)

Photo credit: Nazca Fisherman Vessel, photographed by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, CC BY-NC-SA.