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Landscape construction and time reckoning in Iron Age Celtic Iberia
Documenta Praehistorica, 2016 In this paper, we report on three areas of the Iberian Peninsula that were occupied at least during the Iron Age and the early stages of Romanisation, where observations of astronomical phenomena in the landscape, rock carvings, and Latin inscriptions ...
A. César González-García +2 more
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Astronomical features of Ural megalithic monuments orientation [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2014 There is a presence of archaeological monuments of the early and middle Holocene in the middle Trans-Urals, which may be associated with the act of sky survey, determined by this specific landscape.
Viktorova, V.D., Anisimov, N.P.
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Interpreting the apparent lunar symbolism on a Fremont Indian pendant
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2022 The current article examines the apparent lunar iconography engraved on a rhyolite pendant recovered from a 13th century AD, Fremont Indian pithouse village known as "Five Finger Ridge". Symbols etched into the pendant resemble the waxing crescent, full,
John K. Lundwall +2 more
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Evidence and analogy in Archaeoastronomy
Synthese, 2022 AbstractThis paper addresses the role of analogical reasoning in archaeoastronomy - the discipline which studies the connections between the ancient monuments and the heavens. Archaeoastronomy is a highly interdisciplinary science, placed at the border between the humanities – especially archaeology – and the scientific approach to cultural heritage ...
F. Nappo, G. Magli, G. Valente
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Quaternary, 2023 Prehistoric astronomical observatories include a specific type of rock-cut monuments from the Mountainous Thrace in Bulgaria, with a specific shape and orientation in space, which are part of the characteristic representatives of the archeoastronomical ...
Alexey Stoev +4 more
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Saying what we mean, meaning what we say: Managing miscommunication in archaeological prospection
Archaeological Prospection, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 307-322, October/December 2024.Abstract In North America, archaeological prospection has recently undergone a surge in popularity, resulting in higher visibility for both scientific and fringe narratives. This has been partially due to increasingly sensationalized media articles that promote the use of technology to locate overgrown and subsurface features in the landscape.
William T. D. Wadsworth +2 more
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Symbolism and Archaeoastronomy in Prehistory [PDF]
, 2021 Abstract This chapter explores the symbolic and conceptual relations between prehistoric groups and the sky. The study of how people engage with the sky is known as cultural astronomy, a term that comprises any field concerned with sky and culture, including archaeoastronomy.
Parracho Silva, F. +2 more
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Școala clujeană de astronomie culturală / The School of Cultural Astronomy from Cluj-Napoca
Analele Banatului. Arheologie-Istorie, 2021 In 1952, Professor Gheorghe Chiş from the Astronomical Institute together with the academician Constantin Daicoviciu initiated the idea of the existence of a Dacian calendar by deciphering the sanctuaries in the capital of Dacia at Sarmizegetusa Regia ...
Iharka Szucs-Csillik
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Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2018 This paper focuses on the predominating east-west orientation of Iron Age graves (5th century BC to the 13th century AD) and the reasons that could have caused the custom.
Daiva Vaitkevičienė +1 more
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