Chankillo: A 2300-Year-Old Solar Observatory in Coastal Peru

Autor:	Iván Ghezzi, Clive Ruggles
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Multidisciplinary Geography geography.geographical_feature_category Solar observatory Horizon (archaeology) Culture of the United States Ridge Archaeology
Zdroj:	Science. 315:1239-1243
ISSN:	1095-9203 0036-8075
DOI:	10.1126/science.1136415
Popis:	The Thirteen Towers of Chankillo run north to south along a low ridge within a fourth-century B.C.E. ceremonial complex in north coastal Peru. From evident observing points within the adjacent buildings to the west and east, they formed an artificial toothed horizon that spanned—almost exactly—the annual rising and setting arcs of the Sun. The Chankillo towers thus provide evidence of early solar horizon observations and of the existence of sophisticated Sun cults, preceding the Sun pillars of Incaic Cusco by almost two millennia.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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