The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia)

The article presents the results of a study of petroglyphs on a unique stone slab discovered near the kurgan 1 of the kurgan field Varvarinsky I (Rostov Oblast, Russia). During the study was done comparing it with plates of Srubna burials on which were depicted the petroglyphs. Similar features for...

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Main Authors: Vodolazhskaya, L.N., Larenok, P.A., Nevsky, M.Yu.
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Language:English
Published: Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies 2016-07-01
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Online Access:https://aaatec.org/documents/article/vl9.pdf
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author Vodolazhskaya, L.N.
Larenok, P.A.
Nevsky, M.Yu.
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Larenok, P.A.
Nevsky, M.Yu.
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description The article presents the results of a study of petroglyphs on a unique stone slab discovered near the kurgan 1 of the kurgan field Varvarinsky I (Rostov Oblast, Russia). During the study was done comparing it with plates of Srubna burials on which were depicted the petroglyphs. Similar features for all the considered slabs are elliptically arranged wells. Groove made to Varvarinsky stone slab, has the same parameters as the ellipse from the wells on the slab of the kurgan field Tavriya-1, discovered in the Rostov region, too. With the help of astronomical methods previously been proved that elliptically located wells on the Srubna slabs are hour markers of analemmatic sundial. By results of the use of similar methods to study complex of petroglyphs on Varvarinsky slab, it was concluded that the slab could be used for development of the technology of markup of sundial on different geographical latitudes. Also, Varvarinsky slab could serve as a model example for a markup of the ellipse on which subsequently extorted wells for latitudes, close to the latitude of the place of slab detection. Thus, Varvarinsky stone slab is the prototype of analemmatic sundials, discovered in the Rostov and Donetsk oblasts.
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spelling doaj.art-97f96fe70db64decbed963a73afabc712023-07-27T14:42:39ZengArchaeoastronomy and Ancient TechnologiesArchaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies2310-21442016-07-01419611610.24411/2310-2144-2016-00004The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia)Vodolazhskaya, L.N.Larenok, P.A.Nevsky, M.Yu.The article presents the results of a study of petroglyphs on a unique stone slab discovered near the kurgan 1 of the kurgan field Varvarinsky I (Rostov Oblast, Russia). During the study was done comparing it with plates of Srubna burials on which were depicted the petroglyphs. Similar features for all the considered slabs are elliptically arranged wells. Groove made to Varvarinsky stone slab, has the same parameters as the ellipse from the wells on the slab of the kurgan field Tavriya-1, discovered in the Rostov region, too. With the help of astronomical methods previously been proved that elliptically located wells on the Srubna slabs are hour markers of analemmatic sundial. By results of the use of similar methods to study complex of petroglyphs on Varvarinsky slab, it was concluded that the slab could be used for development of the technology of markup of sundial on different geographical latitudes. Also, Varvarinsky slab could serve as a model example for a markup of the ellipse on which subsequently extorted wells for latitudes, close to the latitude of the place of slab detection. Thus, Varvarinsky stone slab is the prototype of analemmatic sundials, discovered in the Rostov and Donetsk oblasts.https://aaatec.org/documents/article/vl9.pdfanalemmatic sundialsrubna burialslabwellsgnomonmodel samplearchaeoastronomy
spellingShingle Vodolazhskaya, L.N.
Larenok, P.A.
Nevsky, M.Yu.
The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia)
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies
analemmatic sundial
srubna burial
slab
wells
gnomon
model sample
archaeoastronomy
title The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia)
title_full The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia)
title_fullStr The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia)
title_full_unstemmed The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia)
title_short The prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials (Rostov Oblast, Russia)
title_sort prototype of ancient analemmatic sundials rostov oblast russia
topic analemmatic sundial
srubna burial
slab
wells
gnomon
model sample
archaeoastronomy
url https://aaatec.org/documents/article/vl9.pdf
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