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The vanished civilization of the Nasca is famous for its enigmatic giant ritual pathways through the desert pampa of Peru. But how and why did the civilization collapse? This new and detailed archaeological study argues that deforestation of river valleys, in particular the loss of the huarango tree, may have been to blame.

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The vanished civilization of the Nasca is famous for its enigmatic giant ritual pathways through the desert pampa of Peru. But how and why did the civilization collapse? This new and detailed archaeological study argues that deforestation of river valleys, in particular the loss of the huarango tree, may have been to blame.
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David Beresford-Jones is a Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge. His work seeks to bring together archaeology, archaeobotany and geomorphology to better understand prehistoric human ecology. He has directed the lower Ica Valley Archaeological Research Project in Peru since 2003. He also has interests in the origins of agriculture and the synthesis of archaeology and historical linguistics, especially in the Andes. He has contributed articles to journals such as Current Anthropology, Latin American Antiquity and Catena.