In the region of Nasca, in Peru, there
are the called “Nasca lines” or “puquios”, geometric shapes
carved on the ground which have a gigantic size. Recent studies and
investigations using satellite imaging have arrived to the conclusion
that in that area there was a flourishing society.
It has been discovered that the
puquios were a hydraulic system which allowed the people living in
that arid region, carry water to every part of it. This system
retrieved the water from the underground aquifers and brought the
water to the surface, to be used for agriculture, irrigation and even
domestic needs.
It
is believed that the puquios were a much more sophisticated system
back then than it is right now, but with the centuries it has been
dilapidated. But although we can't study this structrures like they
were back then, the investigators have been able to establish that
the population of the Nasca region was organized in a hierarchy and
they were a sophisticated and intelligent society. Building this
hydraulic system required having important knowledges of the geology
and also being able to calculate the water level variations along the
year, something this society was able to do and which allowed them to
bring water to one of the most arid areas in the Earth.
PERSONAL OPINION:
I found this news
very interesting because I didn't know the existence of the puquios
and when I read it, it caught my attention. I find it quite shocking
the fact that this society, living in the Nasca area in Peru was able
to create and build such a complex system back then, with the
resources and tools they had and that, as the news says, some of the
puquios can still work today.
NEW WORDS:
· Hierarchy: jerarquia
· Retrieve: recuperar, rescatar
· Flourishing: pròsper
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