The damaged lines are located near the Panamericana Sur Highway and an adjacent area has also been affected. There are hundreds if not thousands of these lines and trapezoids on the Nazca plain with many of the most famous geogylphs such as the spider, hummingbird and monkey, etc. all undamaged.
Nazca lines. Image: Wikimedia Commons
Irreparable damage
So far, irreparable damage has been done to a number of lines up to 150 metres in length, along with the total loss of a trapezoid almost 60 metres long.
Archaeological assessments carried out over four months ago warned that damage to the lines would continue with the effect being a serious alteration to the cultural landscape.
The report noted this archaeological area is situated within a reserve and should therefore fall under the legal framework for protection and conservation of the cultural heritage of the nation.
“The limestone firm responsible has not been sanctioned or supervised by the authorities of the Regional Directorate of Culture of Ica, despite being in this great archaeological reserve,” said Eduardo Herrán Gómez de la Torre, director of research at Ojos de Condor, according to reporting by Peru This Week . It was considered unlikely the Peruvian government would be able to act on this serious damage to the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Source: El Comercio
More Information
Read the article in Spanish from El Comercio: http://elcomercio.pe/actualidad/1549876/noticia-empresa-extraccion-cal-destruye-zona-arqueologica-nasca_1
Nazca Lines (UNESCO)
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El Comercio. Several lines at Nazca suffer irreparable damage . Past Horizons. April 09, 2013, from http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2013/several-lines-at-nazca-suffer-irreparable-damage
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