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Figure 9 of the original paper shows some side-by-side comparisons of kite representations vs satellite imagery https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.
by fritzo 3y ago
Figure 9 of the original paper shows some side-by-side comparisons of kite representations vs satellite imagery https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277927 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
- shen 3y agoThe accuracy kind of blows my mind…
- singularity2001 3y agoNote that "up" is consistently in the north west. I have a suspicion that the four 45 degrees rotated poles are reflected in the hieroglyph 𓊖 for the four city quarters (urbis & orbis). since they are not anchored on the pole star, they might just represent idealized points of sunrise / sunset yet being aware of the pole star or at least the symmetry.
- balfebs 3y agoI believe that 9,000 years ago there wasn’t as distinct a pole star due to axial procession. Celestial north would probably have been somewhere between Vega and Tau Hercluis with a fairly wide separation.
- cryptonector 3y agoThere would have been circumpolar stars though, and those would have been very noticeable.
- layer8 3y agoDirect link to figure: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277927.g009 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277927.g009
- canadianfella 3y ago[dead]