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Answer · Nazca Lines

Small relief-type figures were made for people walking the footpaths between settlements, at individual or…

Small relief-type figures were made for people walking the footpaths between settlements, at individual or small-group scale.

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Where it stands

Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • Relief-type figures sit within viewing distance of trails and are placed to face them; motifs differ from the giant figures.

What would rule it out

  • Relief-type figures distributed without relation to trails.

Evidence 2 for · none against

The questions it answers

Most likelyThe lines were made and walked in rites concerned with water and fertility, linking line centres, valleys and…

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Small relief-type figures were made for people walking the footpaths between settlements, at individual or… [Answer ANS0CT6XEHP1P5M]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CT6XEHP1P5M
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