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  The Upper and Lower Pisco River Valley

 

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  The Pampa of the lower Rio Pisco Valley

 

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The Pisco River Valley, like those of the Nazca, Palpa, Rio Grande, and Ingenio, contain a large number of geoglyphs and petroglyphs from Peru's ancient history.  These were created by the Paracas culture, as well as the Nazcan cultures.  Just south of the town of Pisco can also be found the giant Paracas Candelabro (Candlestick).

 

 

Class 2 Geoglyph - Undefined Group  

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geoglyph requires elevated viewing
Geoglyph made by removing stones and/or desert pavement exposing soil underneath
Geoglyph appears damaged or partially destroyed
McGuinness Scale Class Two Geoglyph - imprecise object - context consistent

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Ica Face - the outlines of a face and body are visible, but not enough detail to clearly identity the stylistic group for this object - it does have some characteristics in common with the Nazca Astronaut

   

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geoglyph requires elevated viewing
Geoglyph made by removing stones and/or desert pavement exposing soil underneath
Geoglyph appears damaged or partially destroyed
McGuinness Scale Class Two Geoglyph - imprecise object - context consistent

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Closer view of the Ica Face

"Band Of Holes"
Crater Field Anomalies

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  Pisco District and the
Pisco River Valley

 

One of the great anomalies of the greater Nazca plateau and surrounding areas are the incredible numbers of crater fields - highly organized grouping of small craters - conical shaped holes - ranging in size from a yard (a meter) to as much as 20-30 feet (6-10 meters) in diameter.

These crater fields are mostly found outside the primary Nazca lines area - in Palpa and Pisco valleys.  However, they are sprinkled through the region.  The complexity is the fact that no one to date has offered a comprehensive explanation for these groupings, nor dated the conclusively.

The mystery is compounded by the precision of the groupings.  In the case of the Pisco Valley "Road", these craters march off for literally kilometers with a regularity and precision nothing short of amazing.

If we were to use our modern eyes, we could interpret these groups as anything from aerial bombardment paths, to systematic blasting, to large scale organized looting.  Looting would seem the more logical assumption, but what is there to loot in the locations where these crater fields occur?  Those in the Palpa Valley may well cover settlements, but what of the Pisco crater fields?  Particularly in the sand, such as those at right?

Certainly, these site are worthy of study.  But, until these sites are explained or debunked, they remain an enduring enigma for the Cryptoarchaeologist.

 

 

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The Road of Holes is 0.9 mile long (1.44 km)

 

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  What is also strikingly odd about these crater fields
is that there are not only the patterned craters,
but a sprinkling of uniform larger craters.

 

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A several mile long road of holes evenly distributed

 

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  The holes appear uniform and very evenly positioned - too precisely for simply looting

 

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  Note the elevated "causeway" nature of the "road"! The scope of this earthwork is nothing short of staggering!
This is the equivalent of 4 lane super highway foundation.

 

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  Additionally tombs are found along its edge - could the entire Road be a tomb field?

 

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 The Road of Holes is located just across the Pisco river from Montesierpe

 

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  The Sand Tracts Of The Pisco Valley
Home To The Anomalous Crater Fields And "Roads"

 

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  This is an area of massive sand dunes

 

   

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  The "Quadrangle" Crater Field

 

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While this "field" strongly resembles a prepared
field for agriculture, this field is unplanted and
no remnant plants to be found in the sand.  Google Maps View

 

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The "Dune Road" Crater Field

 

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The Trapezoid Crater Field 

 

  

 

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