# Sakai 2024: AI-accelerated Nazca survey nearly doubles the number of known figurative geoglyphs and sheds light on their purpose > Masato Sakai, Akihisa Sakurai, Siyuan Lu et al., 2024. 14 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The 2024 discovery and the purpose analysis built on it. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT6X6FW264V/ai-accelerated-nazca-survey-nearly-doubles-the-number-of Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Nazca Lines](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines)Sakai 2024 **0** # AI-accelerated Nazca survey nearly doubles the number of known figurative geoglyphs and sheds light on their purpose Masato Sakai, Akihisa Sakurai, Siyuan Lu et al., 2024. _Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences_. 303 new figurative geoglyphs found in six months of AI-guided survey, nearly doubling the 430 known. Relief-type figures (small, mostly humans, domesticated animals and trophy heads) lie on average 43 m from trails; line-type figures (giant, mostly wild animals) lie on average 34 m from the line and trapezoid network. **Nazca Lines** ArticleCopy of **[The 303 relief-type and line-type figures reported in 2024](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/artifacts/ART0CT6XMN04K96/the-303-relief-type-and-line-type-figures-reported-in-2024)** doi: **[10.1073/pnas.2407652121](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407652121)** Checked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The 2024 discovery and the purpose analysis built on it. ## Cited by on this site 14 records [Small relief-type figures were made for people walking the footpaths between settlements, at individual or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/answers/ANS0CT6XEHP1P5M/small-relief-type-figures-were-made-for-people-walking-the) Answer ANS [The figurative catalogue is now near complete for the pampa and the remaining finds will be few.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/answers/ANS0CT6XJEP1B17/the-figurative-catalogue-is-now-near-complete-for-the-pampa) Answer ANS [The 303 relief-type and line-type figures reported in 2024](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/artifacts/ART0CT6XMN04K96/the-303-relief-type-and-line-type-figures-reported-in-2024) ART [The 303 relief-type and line-type figures reported in 2024: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/copies/CPY0CT6XMWT6W4R/the-303-relief-type-and-line-type-figures-reported-in-2024) CPY [Catalogue of the 303 figurative geoglyphs found in the 2024 AI survey (supplementary dataset)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CT6XK645052/catalogue-of-the-303-figurative-geoglyphs-found-in-the-2024) Dataset DAT [Giant line-type figures, mostly wild animals, lie on average 34 m from the ceremonial line network.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/evidence/EVD0CT6XE9W2X70/giant-line-type-figures-mostly-wild-animals-lie-on-average) Evidence EVD [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) Evidence EVD [Sakai's team reports 303 new figurative geoglyphs found with AI](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/events/EVT0CT6XBC4302J/sakais-team-reports-303-new-figurative-geoglyphs-found-with) EVT [Masato Sakai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/people/FIG0CT6X8Y01R3Z/masato-sakai) FIG [The Nazca Lines](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines) The mystery article MYS [IBM Research](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/organisations/ORG0CT6X9X81HQ0/ibm-research) ORG [Yamagata University Institute of Nasca](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/organisations/ORG0CT6X9NE0TYC/yamagata-university-institute-of-nasca) ORG [How many geoglyphs are there, and will the catalogue be open?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/questions/QST0CT6XCV06TK4/how-many-geoglyphs-are-there-and-will-the-catalogue-be-open) Question QST [What were the Nazca Lines for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/nazca-lines/questions/QST0CT6XC3J2CGC/what-were-the-nazca-lines-for) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Sakai, M., Sakurai, A., Lu, S., Olano, J., Albrecht, C. M., Hamann, H. F., & Freitag, M. (2024). AI-accelerated Nazca survey nearly doubles the number of known figurative geoglyphs and sheds light on their purpose. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407652121 ``` [Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407652121) Key **SRC** 0CT6X6FW264V Kind Journal article Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT6X6FW264V/ai-accelerated-nazca-survey-nearly-doubles-the-number-of/csl.json)