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ancient/u.s.?

Last post 10-17-2007 11:14 AM by Mitzi Adams. 2 replies.
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  • 10-06-2006 10:06 AM

    ancient/u.s.?

    Cathy H

     

    What, if any ancient solar sites are there in the u.s.?

     

     

  • 10-15-2007 1:11 PM In reply to

    Re: ancient/u.s.?

    Hi Cathy,

    There are many sites that are believed to be "ancient solar sites."  One of them is a Chaco Canyon in New Mexico.  You can visit this spot on-line at the website: http://www.traditionsofthesun.org/  There are more, but I do not know of them right off the top of my head.  Perhaps some of the other scientists will know.

    Laura

  • 10-17-2007 11:14 AM In reply to

    Re: ancient/u.s.?

    Hello Cathy,

    There are indeed many sites in the U.S. that are considered to be associated with observations of the Sun.  We have a site in Cahokia, Illinois called Woodhenge, for instance (see http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/suntime/slshow3.stm#cahokia and http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/biography/arybios98/mcbridebio.html).  There's also the Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming (http://solar-center.stanford.edu/AO/bighorn.html).  In the southeast, there are many Indian "mounds," some of which may have been used for solar observations; these include Ocmulgee and Etowah in Georgia and Moundville in Alabama (see http://www.lostworlds.org/etowah_mounds.html).  There were also mounds at Cahokia.  

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