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Astronomical orientations in prehispanic Mesoamarican architecture

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Code Science Field Subfield
6.06.00  Humanities  Culturology   

Code Science Field
H340  Humanities  Archaeology 
Keywords
mesoamarica, archaeology, archaeoastronomy, architecture, orientations
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0618  Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publications
1.  18930  PhD Ivan Šprajc  Archaeology  Head  1998 - 2003  514 
Abstract
The purpose of the research is to test various hypothesis forwarded so far on the astronomical significance of Mesoamerican architectural alignements; the available data suggest that cerimonial structures were oriented mostly to the points of sunrise and sunset on certain dates. The results are expected to deepen our knowledge on astronomy and time computation in Mesoamarica, as well as on the role of astronomical and calendrical concepts in architectural and urban planning, religion and political ideology of prehispanic societies.
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