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A study of this culture by Nicola Masini used remote sensing to examine buried pyramids at a site called the world’s largest “adobe ceremonial center.” A 2024 study by Sakai et al. discovered 303 new “figurative” and “geometric” types of a structure built by this culture. (10[2])William Duncan Strong discovered a “Great Cloth” at a site built by this (10[2])culture, (10[1])also excavated (10[1])by Giuseppe Orefici (“oh-ray-FEE-chee”). This culture’s pottery is divided into “Monumental” and “Proliferous” (10[1])stages. This culture built the Cantalloc (“cahn-TAH-yoke”) Aqueducts, exemplifying the corkscrew entrances of their puquios (“poo-KEE-oh’s”). Paul (10[1])Kosok and Marie Reiche (“RYE-kuh”) mapped structures near this culture’s Cahuachi (“kah-WAH-chee”) site. Max Uhle (“OOH-luh”) coined the name for ceremonial “trophy heads” collected (-5[1])by (-5[1])this successor of the Paracas culture. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[2])name this Peruvian culture (10[2])that created glyphs (10[1])known (10[3])as their (10[3])namesake (10[2])“lines.” ■END■ (10[2])

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