# Aveni 1990: Order in the Nazca Lines

> Anthony F. Aveni, 1990. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the line centres and the water and path readings.

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# Order in the Nazca Lines

Anthony F. Aveni, 1990. _The Lines of Nazca (American Philosophical Society, Memoirs 183)_.

The survey of 62 line centres and some 800 straight lines on the pampa: the lines radiate from low hills and natural rises, link to one another and to water courses, and were walked.

**Nazca Lines** Chapterdoi: **[10.70249/9798893981193-005](https://doi.org/10.70249/9798893981193-005)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the line centres and the water and path readings.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[The lines were made and walked in rites concerned with water and fertility, linking line centres, valleys and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/answers/ANS0CT6XD2T6D55/the-lines-were-made-and-walked-in-rites-concerned-with-water)

Answer

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[The hummingbird geoglyph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/artifacts/ART0CT6XKXJ2HTG/the-hummingbird-geoglyph)

ART

[Lines radiate from 62 centres, link to one another and tend toward water courses.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/evidence/EVD0CT6XDAM79TB/lines-radiate-from-62-centres-link-to-one-another-and-tend)

Evidence

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[Aveni's teams map the line centres and walk the lines](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/events/EVT0CT6XAWG6RFM/avenis-teams-map-the-line-centres-and-walk-the-lines)

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[Anthony Aveni](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/people/FIG0CT6X8P612PR/anthony-aveni)

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[The Nazca Lines](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines)

The mystery article

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

Question

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## Cite it

```
Aveni, A. F. (1990). Order in the Nazca Lines. The Lines of Nazca (American Philosophical Society, Memoirs 183). https://doi.org/10.70249/9798893981193-005
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.70249/9798893981193-005)

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