Title: La cultura masma
First published: 1954
Description: La Cultura Masma / The Masma Culture is a bilingual edition published by eminent scholar of ancient, elucidates a particular art and language form which appears worldwide whose origins are in the megalithic cultures which were present around the world.  This book emphasizes and illustrates the particularities of a megalithic ceremonial complex on the Marcahuasi plateau outside of Lima, Peru.  The local indigenous people refer to the long-gone originators and sculptors of this vast ceremonial complex as "the Masma people" or "los Masmas," thus the title.  This is a fascinating book that is well-illustrated, in black-and-white, from the 1950's.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Prehistoric peoples, Indians of South America, Antiquities, megalithic culture, sacred site, Marcahuasi plateau
Places: Marcashuasi, LIma, Peru
People: Daniel Ruzo, Peruvian indigenous, Masma
Time periods: Paleolithic, Neolithic, 1950's
LC classification: F3429 .R7