A Unique Solar Marking Construct

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Oct 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979sci...206..283s&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 206, Issue 4416, pp. 283-291

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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An assembly of stone slabs on an isolated butte in New Mexico collimates sunlight onto spiral petroglyphs carved on a cliff face. The light illuminates the spirals in a changing pattern throughout the year and marks the solstices and equinoxes with particular images. The assembly can also be used to observe lunar phenomena. It is unique in archeoastronomy in utilizing the changing height of the midday sun throughout the year rather than its rising and setting points. The construct appears to be the result of deliberate work of the Anasazi Indians, the builders of the great pueblos in the area.

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