Nasca

A culture and style best known through its pottery and the large-scale geoglyphs (termed Nasca lines) etched on the desert floor.

Dates

c. 100 B.C.E.–800 C.E.

Places

South America > Peru

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Nasca

A culture and style best known through its pottery and the large-scale geoglyphs (termed Nasca lines) etched on the desert floor.

Dates

c. 100 B.C.E.–800 C.E.

Places

South America > Peru

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Nasca ceramics, an introduction

Glossary for pre-Columbian art

Nasca art: sacred linearity and bold designs

Andean cultures, an introduction

Works of Art

Nasca Geoglyphs

formed approximately 2000 years ago

The Paracas Textile

100–300 C.E.

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Textbook Chapter

Middle South America, c. 2nd century–c. 900 C.E.

Syllabus

Latin American Art Syllabus