Maeshowe Winter Solstice As Viewed By Neolithic Man (Scotland)

The Scotsman ^ | 12-15-2005 | Caroline Wickham-Jones

[Fred Nerks]

TIHUANACO. EASTER ISLAND. CHANCILLO

like bert says, calendars are all over the place.

[SunkenCiv]

Yes, and I’m sorry to say, you *failed* (hoooonk!) ;’)

[bert]

What I specifically had in mind was far more local then the fantastic show you have brought us. The specific building I had in mind is the Hovenweep Castle at Hovenweep National monument in Colorado.

Wiki.....

" The slots and doors of Hovenweep Castle, in Square Tower Group, have been shown to define an apparent solar calendar. The building is aligned so that light is channeled through openings into the building at sunset of the summer solstice, the winter solstice and the spring and fall equinox. The light falls in a predictable pattern on interior door lintels"

This building is but one of many many such examples of very simple but extremely precise alignments built into the pretty much ordinary village structures by the Anasazi to track the sun.

If you look at the photos, you can see small openings in the masonry that allowed specific sun rays to cast brightness on specific spots within the building.

again....... thanks for treating us with the fantastic photo displays

[P.O.E.]

Kind of humbling - I wonder how many of today’s population could design and build such a thing.

[Fred Nerks]

Reminiscent of KNOWTH in Ireland, where the builders clearly left behind their solar/lunar calculations.

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