Geoglyphs are pictures or designs that are created, generally, agriculturally. The Incan empire used to design crops in geometric formation to make agricultural engineering, for their time, easier in the Andes mountains. Discovery news posted a recent article that suggests one of these formations is a possible geoglyph that represents a bird. The article states that a professor was using Google maps and an AstroFracTool to assist in the identification of the geoglyph. The formation is developed around Titicaca Lake, Peru, which serves as the eye of the bird.
The article is located here: http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/geoglyph-peru-andean.html
I found this fascinating because it reminded me of the video we watched about the Aboriginal people. The geoglyphs are massive structures that expand over hundreds of acres. With modern expansion and suburban sprawl at its height, it would be incredibly easy to destroy these geoglyphs without even realizing. Plus, I have a bit of an obsession with the civilizations that thrived in South America. Everything they did seems to be magnificent and purposeful. I find the geoglyphs mystifying and intriguing. Why did they build their "fields" to represent animals? Something I find even more fascinating is the fact that the Incan people built the city of Cuzco, initially, in the shape of a Puma.
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