Stone circles on the harraat of Syrian desert
Geophysics
2014-04-10 v1
Abstract
Recently some stone structures covering the harraat of the Syrian desert had been investigated using satellite imagery (arXiv:1106.4665). Dispersed in an arid landscape, they were probably made during the Neolithic period. Some of these structures are here discussed, which display a possible use as ancient sun observatories. For the analysis, a freely available software is used which can be quite suitable for evaluating the effect of solar radiation on physical features of natural structures too.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1208.2591,
title = {Stone circles on the harraat of Syrian desert},
author = {Amelia Carolina Sparavigna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.2591},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Satellite imageri, Google Maps, Syrian desert, harraat, stone circles, sunrise/sunset directions, sun observatories