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Four thousand-year-old gold artifacts have been found at an archaeological site in this country that has extensive pithouses and is named Jiskairumoko. This country’s ancient Kotosh culture was preceded by a pre-ceramic culture that was the subject of Michael Moseley’s controversial MFAC hypothesis. Another culture in this country built a temple (-5[1])with strange acoustics that contains the Lanzón stele. Art featuring the spider-like (*) “Decapitator (10[1])God” was produced by a culture in this country that built Huaca del Sol. Archaeologists discovered that a culture in this country centered on Chavín de Huantar was actually preceded by its Norte Chico culture. The Moche culture inhabited this country, as did one that constructed geoglyphs of animals in its southern desert. For 10 points, the Nazca lines are located in what South American country? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Peru [or Republic of Peru]
<Noah Sheidlower, World History>
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