NATS 1745 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ground-Penetrating Radar, Electromagnetic Induction, Thuban
4 Oct 2018
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Sequence of dots may signify measuring time in the year (may relate to number of weeks: 13 dots: animal representing spring, 26 dots: animals representing fall, blanchard bone: Indicates count of moon phases: counting of days equal to gestation period for hunting female whitetail deer, animal symbols are the oldest. Lecture: european paleolithic and neolithic sites: 12-13 notches represent approximate times full moon is visible, sky-based, winter solstice: when the sun peaks and reverts the time in the sky. Mesolithic era (~10 000-5 000bce: transition between hunter-gatherer and agricultural society. Lecture: european paleolithic and neolithic sites: older than stonehenge/egyptian pyramids, burial site, human/animal burnt/unburnt bones. Jewellery, beads, patterns x: 1/3 neolithic passage tombs, entrance to tomb aligned with sunrise of sun at winter solstice (17m of illumination at sunrise on dec 21) Illumination of inner tombs passage occurs 4 mins after sunrise at winter solstice.
