That approach led to the confirmation of 303 previously unknown figurative geoglyphs during six months of fieldwork, nearly doubling the number of known relief-type figurative designs. Credit: ALAMYBefore the project, researchers had documented 430 figurative Nazca geoglyphs: 380 relief-type figures and 50 much larger line-type figures. Credit: University of YamagataThe 50 known line-type figurative geoglyphs have a different distribution. Groups of relief-type geoglyphs were found an average of 43 meters from the nearest ancient trail. The much larger line-type figurative geoglyphs show a different relationship with the landscape.