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

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

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# 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.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its 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

[Relief-type figures lie on average 43 m from ancient trails and 81.6 per cent show humans or human-modified…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/evidence/EVD0CT6XESG1W5N/relief-type-figures-lie-on-average-43-m-from-ancient-trails)

Supported

FOR

[The 2025 additions are arranged by theme along small paths (reported, not yet published).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/evidence/EVD0CT6XF1A35EC/the-2025-additions-are-arranged-by-theme-along-small-paths)

Suggestive

FOR

## The questions it answers

[What were the Nazca Lines for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/questions/QST0CT6XC3J2CGC/what-were-the-nazca-lines-for)

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

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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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