The Mystery of the Nazca Lines - 5 Angebote vergleichen

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Suffolk, UK: Nonesuch Expeditions Ltd.. 1988. Reprint. H Hard Cover. As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 154 pp, map, foreword by Maria Reiche, publisher's introduction, 1. A Desert Mystery; 2. The Largest Astronomy Book; 3. The Line Builders; 4. The Monkiey of Saint Joseph; 5. Spacemen and Other Visitors; 6. The Lines of Nasca -- A Pictorial Survey; 7. In the Spotlight; 8. Succerss and Successors; further reading, acknowledgments, picture credits, index with 50 color and 200 b&w illustrations throughout. Reprinted, 1988. "One of the unique features of this book, which traces her life from its earliest days, is the careful revelation of the changes which have taken place in the desert since her arrival there in 1941. This book provides a superb historical and biographical account of Reiche's story. For the first time her theories are presented against the background of controversy and conflict surrounding this fascinating subject." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Gray cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and pictorial endpapers.

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This is the only fully illustrated account of the 45 years Maria Reiche has devoted to unravelling the mystery of the Nasca Lines.In 1940 Reiche became an assistant to the American Paul Kosok, an historian from Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. Making field studies from 1939-1941 and 1948-49, he is credited as the first Westerner of European descent to seriously investigate the Nazca Lines. He originally studied them in connection with field work on ancient irrigation systems, but quickly concluded they had another purpose. He noticed lines that converged at the point of the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere in June 1941. Together they began to map and assess the lines for their relation to astronomical events. Later Reiche found lines converging at the summer solstice. Around 1946 Reiche began to map the figures represented by the Nazca Lines and found 18 different kinds of animals and birds. After Kosok left in 1948, she continued the work and mapped the area. She used her background as a mathematician to analyze how the Nazca may have created such huge-scale figures and found them to have a mathematical precision that was highly sophisticated. Reiche theorized that the builders of the lines used them as a sun calendar and an observatory for astronomical cycles. Because the lines can be best seen from above, she persuaded the Peruvian Air Force to help her make aerial photographic surveys. She worked alone from her home in Nazca. Reiche published her theories in the book The Mystery on the Desert (1949, reprint 1968), which had a mixed response from scholars. Eventually scholars concluded that the lines were not chiefly for astronomical purposes, but Reiche's and Kosok's work had brought scholarly attention to the great resource. It is widely believed that they were used as part of worship and religious ceremonies related to the calling of water from the gods. Board book, Edition: Reprint edition, Label: Nonesuch Expeditions Ltd. Nonesuch Expeditions Ltd. Product group: Book, Published: 1987-10, Studio: Nonesuch Expeditions Ltd. Sales rank: 3639688.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Cloud 9 Books.
Nonesuch Expeditions Ltd.. BOARD BOOK. 1869901061 Like New Condition. . Fine.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Strawberry Hill Books.
Woodbridge: Nonesuch Expeditions Ltd.. Hardcover. 1869901061 2nd printing. . Fine. 1988. 1st Edition.

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