Stretching the Boundaries

The image, obtained from Google Maps, shows the network of earthworks separated by canals - near the Titicaca Lake. This is an ancient ...

According to Telegraph,  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8724183/King-Arthurs-round-table-may-have-been-found-by-archaeologists-in-...

Image from Google Maps: a geoglyph near the Titicaca Lake, Peru. This image shows a plain area covered by a network of waru-warus, that is, ...

Le "qochas" dell'altopiano andino. In quechua, il termine "qocha" si riferisce a un piccolo lago o stagno o di ori...

The image shows the "raised fields" near the Titicaca Lake, in Bolivia. Note the "snake": eye, tongue and teeth.  This ...

Near the shore of the Titicaca Lake, the raised fields are well preserved. They are arranged to form symbols, not just parallel lines! A ...

This image, obtained after processing a Google Maps image, shows the network of waru-warus, that is, of the "raised fields" - ear...

28 p.   Book Geoglyphs Titicaca Sparavigna Images of geoglyphs near Titicaca Lake. The ancient artificial landscape  with geoglyphs is an...

18 p.   Landforms of Titicaca: Near Sillustani, Book by A.C. Sparavigna Terraced hills, a network of earthworks, sometimes creating geogly...

18 p.   Landforms Titicaca Amazing Land by AC Sparavigna The areas of Huata, Coata and Paucarcolla, near the Titicaca Lake,  are covered...

Near the shore of Titicaca Lake, we find a large area covered by the "raised fields", which are earthworks of an ancent agricultu...

Image from Google Maps after processing to enhance details. Near the Titicaca Lake, Peru. This image shows a small area covered by a networ...

Earthworks near Titicaca Lake These earthworks are known as "raised fields" and "waru-warus". The image, obtained from...

The Titicaca basin: a paradigmatic region for multidisciplinary studies  Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, ARXIV:1011.0391 http://arxiv.org/ftp/a...

Very interesting paper on raised fields and their physics (in English and Spanish). Modelling nocturnal heat dynamics and frost mitigation...

From the article, Los camellones alrededor del lago Titicaca, by Pierre Morlon, 2006. The article is discussing the traditional agricultural...

Google Maps give beautiful pictures of the Earth. We have seen and shown in several posts that the satellite eye is able to display in great...

The "raised fields" are an ancient agricultural technique, based on the used of earthworks and a system of canals and ponds for wa...

A geoglyph near Chicchapampa, Lake Tititcaca, Peru, 

A geoglyph at Chicchapampa,  Lake Titicaca  Image adapted from Google Maps. see also http://stretchingtheboundaries.blogspot.com/2011/04/a...