Nazca

American

[nahs-kah, -kuh] / ˈnɑs kɑ, -kə /

Or Nasca

adjective

of or relating to a pre-Incan culture of SW Peru, dating from c200 b.c., characterized by polychrome pottery and the employment of irrigation techniques in agriculture.

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The Gofar fault is a deep underwater fracture where the Pacific and Nazca tectonic plates slide past one another at roughly 140 millimeters per year, about as fast as fingernails grow.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Peru is home to many of the Americas' most significant archaeological discoveries, including the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in the Andes and the mysterious Nazca Lines etched into the desert along the central coast.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

The pictures were made by the Nazca people, who lived in the area over 2,000 years ago.

From NewsForKids.net • Oct. 29, 2024

Why do you think ancient people created the Nazca Lines?

From NewsForKids.net • Mar. 8, 2024

What were the Nazca thinking as they created them?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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