SOLAR OBSERVATORY OR ALLEGORY? CALAKMUL'S GROUP E-TYPE COMPLEX FORM AND FUNCTION
| Autor: | Anne S. Dowd, Ramón Carrasco, Anthony F. Aveni |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Solar observatory 060102 archaeology Allegory Geography Planning and Development True north Plan (archaeology) 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology Geography Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Group (periodic table) Form and function Maya Solstice 0601 history and archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Ancient Mesoamerica. 28:559-583 |
| ISSN: | 1469-1787 0956-5361 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0956536117000165 |
| Popis: | Members of the Proyecto Arqueológico de la Biosfera Calakmul under Carrasco's direction excavated the Cenote Style Group E-type complex at the Maya site of Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico. The Cenote Style refers to the plan of the E-Group with a series of three temples built onto a long narrow eastern range structure facing a western structure across a broad central plaza. Architectural data exist to evaluate this standardizing group's utility for observing solar events. Astronomical evidence for the function of this complex is presented and discussed. The overall orientation of Structures IVa, IVb, IVc, and VI is slightly east, 13° of true north, while a pair of doorways in Structure IVc align with the setting sun during the summer solstice point, despite the break in the buildings' floor-plan symmetry this represents. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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