The Orientation of Mayan Ceremonial Centers

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ID8376155
AutoresRobert H Fuson (University of South Florida, autor correspondente)
Ano1969
Volume59
Fascículo3
Páginas494-512
Data de publicação1969-09-01
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnnals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8306.1969.tb00687.x
OpenAlexW2080913756
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas1

Numerous Maya ceremonial centers afford the geographer a rich opportunity to investigate man-land relationships in Meso-America. This study concerns the problem of site and building orientation. Most elements of the physical environment appear to play a minor role in site layout, and astronomical and cultural factors account for only some orientations. None of these reasons explains why the Maya shifted building alignments from time to time and often simultaneously at widely separated locations. The alternation of structural positioning through time indicates a moving reference point, and the tantalizing possibility that the Maya had a method for determining magnetic north is suggested

Alternation (linguistics) · Archaeology · Cartography · Geographer · Geography · Geometry · Linguistics · Maya · Orientation (vector space) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Architectural Studies · Mathematics · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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