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alignments at vathypetro
Apr. 8th, 2007 10:04 ambecause the people I would have separately sent this to will see it here...
academic article as 7 page pdf
Archaeoastronomical alignments at Vathypetro
Vathypetro is a Minoan agricultural site near Mt Juktas in Crete ( a bit south of Arkhanes which is a bit south of Knossos)
They argue that the later shrine at was actually built for Mycenaens, based on summer solstice sunset alignment, vs original hall built for Minoans, based on sunrise alignments for equinoxes and winter solstice.
While this particular mix feels to me like it could make sense for a single culture, they claim that Minoan buildings and graves tend very heavily to have Eastern alignments and West is very rare until post-palatial period.
They see the later built west aligned stuff over the older Minoan sites as Mycenaens asserting that they are the new power in town.
On the mainland not as much analysis of building alignments, graves show less alignment, but often to the south (so not sunset or sunrise). They take this as evidence that the Mycenaens in Crete came from Argolid (Mycenae/Tiryns). But they say the Mycenaen buildings have not been as well analyzed for alignments yet, and still they cite a summer solstice sunrise alignment for Tiryns as well as the sunset ones at Mycenae.
Vathypetro also sunrise aligned to Oct 22, which is likely start of agricultural year (ploughing) in area.
So, astronomical imperialism or are these guys only half-baked? Is the sunrise alignment at Tiryns a Minoan thing then ;)?
academic article as 7 page pdf
Archaeoastronomical alignments at Vathypetro
Vathypetro is a Minoan agricultural site near Mt Juktas in Crete ( a bit south of Arkhanes which is a bit south of Knossos)
They argue that the later shrine at was actually built for Mycenaens, based on summer solstice sunset alignment, vs original hall built for Minoans, based on sunrise alignments for equinoxes and winter solstice.
While this particular mix feels to me like it could make sense for a single culture, they claim that Minoan buildings and graves tend very heavily to have Eastern alignments and West is very rare until post-palatial period.
They see the later built west aligned stuff over the older Minoan sites as Mycenaens asserting that they are the new power in town.
On the mainland not as much analysis of building alignments, graves show less alignment, but often to the south (so not sunset or sunrise). They take this as evidence that the Mycenaens in Crete came from Argolid (Mycenae/Tiryns). But they say the Mycenaen buildings have not been as well analyzed for alignments yet, and still they cite a summer solstice sunrise alignment for Tiryns as well as the sunset ones at Mycenae.
Vathypetro also sunrise aligned to Oct 22, which is likely start of agricultural year (ploughing) in area.
So, astronomical imperialism or are these guys only half-baked? Is the sunrise alignment at Tiryns a Minoan thing then ;)?
