Observations of red-giant variable stars by Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians carefully observe the properties and positions of stars, including both overt and subtle changes in their brightness, for subsistence and social application. These observations are encoded in oral tradition.
Allen R. H. +48 more
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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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Rock art and archaeoastronomy in Morocco: preliminary observations [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to make public the exceptional discovery in the province of Essaouira (Morocco) of three petroglyphs engraved with an original subject in Moroccan rock art.
Ibhi,A. +4 more
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Topographic proof of the archaeoastronomic hypothesis about the underground well temple of Sardinian type in Bulgaria [PDF]
In the previous paper about the well temple near Garlo village in Bulgaria we proposed a ritual hypothesis which interprets the temple as a marker of the sun culmination in winter solstice.
Tsonev, L.V.
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The astronomical significance of the clockwise misalignment from cardinal directions in the Maya lowlands [PDF]
In this paper we outline the results of our archaeoastronomical study dealing with a number of Mayan settlements located in the lowlands of Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo (Mexico), in order to try to explain the well- known clockwise misalignments ...
Motta, S., Gaspani, A.
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FUNERARY TOWERS CHULLPA IN THE LAUCA RIVER VALLEY: A FIRST ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL ANALYSIS
In this work we employ the methods of archaeoastronomy to analyze the orientation, possibly astronomical, of numerous groups of chullpa funerary towers, mainly from the 12th to 16th centuries, located in the Lauca River valley of the central Bolivian ...
A. Gangui
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Megalithic structures and dolmen orientation in Bulgaria [PDF]
A review of the main types of megalithic and quasi-megalithic monuments in Bulgaria is presented together with maps of their localization. A large and modern data base about the orientation of 110 Thracian dolmens (XII-VII c. BC) is interpreted in detail.
Tsonev, L.V., Kolev, D.Z.
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Essays in Archaeology and Archaeometry and the Hellenic Contribution to Egyptology
The contemporary trend of research projects and works are presented on selective issues of archaeometry, archaeology and Egyptology. The current status in research in the area of SE Mediterranean on cultural heritage and archaeological/historical ...
Nikolaos Lazaridis +2 more
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Archaeoastronomical analysis of the burial assemblage with rectangular small ditch and joining banks (Kobyakovo necropolis) [PDF]
This article describes the method and results of archaeoastronomical analysis of Maeotian burial assemblage from the necropolis of Kobyakovo hillfort (Rostov-on-Don, Russia).
Vodolazhskaya L.N. +2 more
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Archaeoastronomical analysis of the burial assemblage with circular small ditches and joining banks (Kobyakovo necropolis) [PDF]
The article presents the results of archaeoastronomical analysis of the burial assemblage with burials 1 and 10, surrounded by circular small ditches with jumpers, dating the first centuries AD.
Vodolazhskaya L.N., Nevsky M.Yu.
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