[PAR] [TLE] Nazca Lines [SEP] The Nazca Lines are a series of large ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert, in southern Peru.  The largest figures are up to 370 m (1,200 ft) long.  They were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.  The high, arid plateau stretches more than 80 km between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the "Pampas de Jumana", about 400 km south of Lima.  Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs, scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 500  BC and 500 AD The figures vary in complexity.  Hundreds are simple lines and geometric shapes; more than 70 are zoomorphic designs of animals, such as birds, fish, llamas, jaguars, and monkeys, or human figures.  Other designs include phytomorphic shapes, such as trees and flowers. [PAR] [TLE] Nicholas J. Saunders [SEP] Nicholas J. Saunders is a British academic archaeologist and anthropologist.  He was educated at the universities of Sheffield (BA Archaeology, 1979), Cambridge (MPhil Social Anthropology, 1981), and Southampton (PhD Archaeology, 1991).  He has held teaching and research positions at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the University of the West Indies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., and at University College London, where he was Reader in Material Culture, and undertook a major British Academy sponsored investigation into the material culture anthropology of the First World War (1998–2004).  s of 2014 Saunders is Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol, where he is responsible for the MA programmes in historical archaeology and conflict archaeology.  He is a prominent contributor to the nascent field of conflict archaeology, and has authored and edited numerous academic publications in the field.  In addition to his research specialising in the anthropology of 20th-century conflicts and the archaeology of World War I theatres in Belgium, France and the Middle East, Saunders has also conducted extensive fieldwork and research in pre-Columbian and historical archaeology of the Americas.  He has been involved with major museum exhibitions in London, Ypres (Belgium), Tübingen (Germany), and at the Centre Pompidou-Metz (France).  Saunders has investigated and published on material cultures and landscapes of Mesoamerica, South America, and the Caribbean.  His most recent research has been on the aesthetics of brilliance and colour in indigenous Amerindian symbolism, an extensive survey investigation of the Nazca Lines in Peru, and the anthropological archaeology of twentieth-century conflict (especially the First World War) and its legacies along the Soca (Isonzo) Front on the Slovenian-Italian border.
[PAR] [TLE] Nazca Lines [ SEP ] The Nazca Lines are a series of large ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert , in southern Peru . The largest figures are up to 370 m ( 1,200 ft ) long . They were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 . The high , arid plateau stretches more than 80 km between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the " Pampas de Jumana " , about 400 km south of Lima . Although some local geoglyphs resemble Paracas motifs , scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 500 BC and 500 AD The figures vary in complexity . Hundreds are simple lines and geometric shapes ; more than 70 are zoomorphic designs of animals , such as birds , fish , llamas , jaguars , and monkeys , or human figures . Other designs include phytomorphic shapes , such as trees and flowers . [PAR] [TLE] Nicholas J. Saunders [ SEP ] Nicholas J. Saunders is a British academic archaeologist and anthropologist . He was educated at the universities of Sheffield ( BA Archaeology , 1979 ) , Cambridge ( MPhil Social Anthropology , 1981 ) , and Southampton ( PhD Archaeology , 1991 ) . He has held teaching and research positions at the National Autonomous University of Mexico , the University of the West Indies , Dumbarton Oaks , Washington D.C. , and at University College London , where he was Reader in Material Culture , and undertook a major British Academy sponsored investigation into the material culture anthropology of the First World War ( 1998–2004 ) . s of 2014 Saunders is Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol , where he is responsible for the MA programmes in historical archaeology and conflict archaeology . He is a prominent contributor to the nascent field of conflict archaeology , and has authored and edited numerous academic publications in the field . In addition to his research specialising in the anthropology of 20th - century conflicts and the archaeology of World War I theatres in Belgium , France and the Middle East , Saunders has also conducted extensive fieldwork and research in pre - Columbian and historical archaeology of the Americas . He has been involved with major museum exhibitions in London , Ypres ( Belgium ) , Tübingen ( Germany ) , and at the Centre Pompidou - Metz ( France ) . Saunders has investigated and published on material cultures and landscapes of Mesoamerica , South America , and the Caribbean . His most recent research has been on the aesthetics of brilliance and colour in indigenous Amerindian symbolism , an extensive survey investigation of the Nazca Lines in Peru , and the anthropological archaeology of twentieth - century conflict ( especially the First World War ) and its legacies along the Soca ( Isonzo ) Front on the Slovenian - Italian border .
What ancient geoglyphs were studied by Nicholas J. saunders?
What ancient geoglyphs were studied by Nicholas J. saunders ?
Nazca Lines
Nazca Lines