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A
Geoglyph
Classification System
by Tim
McGuinness, Ph.D. for
NazcaMystery.com
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| On the pages of this website, we attempt to correlate
geoglyph artifacts by apparent cultural context and
appearance. This system will help in understanding the
geoglyph line and symbol images. |
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Class One: The object conforms with the cultural context of
the immediate area and represents the highest degree of precision
in construction resulting in straight lines and evenly
spaced and proportional symbol elements |
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Class Two: The object conforms with the cultural context of
the immediate area and does not represent the highest degree of
precision in construction, resulting in more imprecise spacing or
alignments |
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Class Three: The object does not conform to the cultural
context of the immediate area and may represent a modern
intrusion into the context |
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Class Four: The object does not appear to conform to the
cultural context of the immediate area but appears to be
consistent with regional cultures representing an isolated
or limited intrusion |
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Class Five: The object appears to be anomalous in both
context and characteristics, a significant deviation from
the essential characteristics of other contextual objects,
but does not appear to be a modern intrusion
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The object appears substantially damaged, destroyed, or modified |
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The object appears substantially intact and viewable |
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The object was predominantly constructed by removal of desert
pavement or surface layer exposing the soil beneath
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The object was predominantly constructed by collection and
placement of stones forming the line, geometric, or symbol
pattern |
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The complete object is clearly viewable from ground level or
from below |
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The complete object is not clearly viewable from ground level
or from below, and must be viewed from above to be seen in
its entirety |
