| Show I WORLD be Salt lake Tribune As f Sunday February I 2004 Trash and tracks threaten mysterious Nana Lines Located Z50 miles south of Lima the lines have puzzled scientists drawn mystics and even inspired an eccentric German to devote the last five decades of her life to studying and proteding them Each year about 80000 tourists fly over the pictographs But loosely guarded by day the site is Wide open by night Since German mathematician Maria Reich died in 1998 at age 95 watching over the site has fallen UpOn a handful of men she once employed — and Urban the lone state archaeologist lielch's remaining guards finance their operations by charging tourists 6 nuevo soles or less than $2 to climb up a metal observation tower beside the Parr American Highway which itself cuts through the site — and an unlucky lizard figure The squad has an old motorcycle on its last legs to patrol parts of the zone Urban() gets by on a monthly salary of about &515 from Peru's National Institute of Culture and uses his bicycle or hitches rides to get around Nazca Mayor Daniel Mantilla wants the municipality to take over caring for the site Ile says he was forced to drop trash in the protected zone because the culture institute failed to approve a site for a new dump "The lines are in danger" he says "The government must decide who should protect them" The mayor's comments reflect a broader problem with the underfunded and overextended culture institute butting heads with town officials across the nation Treasure: Peru is pressured I))' the culture institute and the UN to 1)etter preserve forms the millenium-ol- d B1 DREW NS( Privi ON NACA Peru - Standing inside the maze of mysterious lines and figures that put this arid region on the tourist map state archaeologist Alberto Urban° surveys a football field sized spread of ankle deep trash "Farther down this road there are illegal gold mines too" he says noting the path actually is the side of a giant trapezoid "See how straight it is" But not just trash and smalltime gold diggers threaten Pertes fragile Nazca Lines Grave robbers tractor trailers and tourists have lift their mark on the mammoth designs carved more than a stretch in ago along a of desert In many wayc the damage reflects Perifs inability to protect its myriad of pre Columbian archaeological gems Urbano blew the whistle on the mu n ic i al ity of Nu in October for briefly dumping trash inside the mile protected zone that has been a United Nations World lieritage site Sinee Three months earlier highway officials had to move a weighing station 10 miles north of the zone to stop cargo I rucks from cutting across the lines to avoid paying tolls il t- : -- 1:- '' pe ' e '7 ' ' '' ' ' ' ' '' '''4 : ' t)1' '' - ' ' I 4) I 1 - ) 'e' ' --' - ' ' 1 ' I- 1 I V ''' - ' !" - ' ' ' - - ) L' ' :'e t - '' ' :' ''- ' ' f - - - ' 4 ' ' ) ( I '' - - ' ' '- : x" 7 ! ' X e ' - — t ' ' ' - ''' A r i ' : - tl : '' ' '0: pre-Inc- - :: - - 4 ‘ — ' ' : ''44 ' — — M A Ril N M LI I AMW ANKViiiied PIM spiral-taile- d monkey is one of the huge pictographs that can only be seen clearly from the air No one knows why the Nazca Lines in Peru were made but there are plenty of theories Some surmise the lines served as a calendar a map of underground water systems or even as a landing strip for alien spacecraft A Meanwhile the United Nations has criticized the agency for failing to take care of several of Peru's 10 World Heritage sites In October it said the institute needs to curb damage from heavy tourist traffic at the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and bring order to development nearby southern in Peru's jungle-covereAndes On Peru's Pacific coast shantytowns spreading out from the nearby city of d Men's GoDd Congressman Luis Gonzales Posada whose district includes Nazcas wants the United Nations to expand the World Heritage site to protect lesser known lines in PaIpa north of the Nazca Lines The lawmaker has asked Peru's air force to take new color aerial photographs of the region to catalog the extent of damage The black and white images currently used were taken three decades ago No one knows why the Nazca culture made the lines — some of them miles long — by clearing dark surface rocks to expose powdery white sand underneath Among theories the lines may have served as a calendar or a map of underground water systems Some people have even speculated they were landing strips for spacecraft Although some of the lines can be seen from the ground the huge pictographs can only be seen clearly from the air Up to 900 feet in length they include a spiral-tailemonkey a soaring condor and what some people see as a bubble-heade- d spaceman The lines are virtually frozen in time by the nearly static climate of one of the world's driest deserts So is the damage that befalls them Flying overhead between the dog and the monkey figures a white crater marks the crash site of two sightseeing planes that collided in 1997 A lonely pair of tire tracks records the path that rescue vehicles took to recover the wreckage "Those lines will be there for centuries" pilot Angel Segura says Trujillo threaten to overrun parts of Chan Chan considered the largest adobe city in the Americas In Nazca Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Orefici who has been study: ing the Nazca culture for 22 years be lieves damage is extensive "There are thousands of other hiero— and glyphics that aren't they are being destroyed rapidly" he says at his research center Orefici is not alone in his concern s Sock SALE Toe® a - Toe' socks casual or athletic styles In regular and & Tall sizes where available Save on our entire stock of men's Gold ENTIRE0v umarcil s inednress Reg 1- o 11- rre - $6-$2- 11 0 - NOW 420-140- 0 9 r—r a 7 rsf''' nomp- - r 4 1 ( t vmome41 I 1 A I i f I -: - — - -1 ' i !:t I-- 111 40taise4400ki44-aattbpow- 4' - IEEE (QM - S 1 1 4- N eof - A - - cD 1 ti i I e '''' 545 i j MIME 0 - STOCK a Sweaters Misses Petites & Vlomen's World Fall Career & Casual Sportswear Misses Petites & tromen's World Misses' Fall Selected Women's E owl & !omen's World & cEssomosi 77-1:11 & Fashion Junky Collections Dresses & Suits Sale prices are off of original prices Discount applies to permanent markdowns only merchandise is SELECTED unless otherwise noted Selection varies by store Limited to stock on hand Sorry no price adjustments given on previous purchases Basic merchandise is not included We cannot accept phone or mail orders on clearance merchandlse In Salt Lake City at Fashion s Fall Contemporary Miran° Fall Knit MIRE Hats Gloves Scarves Eiluffiers & Fall Traditional Dasigner Slippers STOCK Shop Monday-Saturda- y 10-- 9 oftIrtors Conn Shirts Smatcrst Coats & Jukets & To Cdlusl Fall D2signa Collations and Sunday 124 at all Dillard's locations In Ogden at Newgats Mall In Provo M Provo Towne Centre In Logan at Cacho Valley Mall In St George We welcome your Diliard's Credit Card The American Express Card Diners Club International Mastercard Visas and The Discover Card Place and South Towne Center t Sportscear Boys' & Girls' Fall Collations Infants' 311 & Sportscaar t1UU Fall Sleepy:ear & Robes :4 PRICES ou Coats & Jacliets Fall Handbags 111atches Fall & Holiday Sportswear Denim All i Stleaters Selected Children's Fall Shoes Boots & Booties From Nike Reebok Adidas and more hisses Petites ta Lien's Fall Shoes Boots & Booties !ear Fall & Holiday Suits & Dresses 4 7'"71 4 ORIGINAciL -- J 4 ) 4 It—- I I at Rod Clitts Mall ‘ POOR |
