NascoBLOG 8
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Hello again everyone and welcome to NascoBlog8
I promised in NascoBlog7 to explain why in my opinion the now infamous archaeological monument called the Nasca Lines was constructed in accordance with astronomical phenomena - inspite of the fact that there is much opposition to this idea.
Anyone from their armchair at home can relatively easily 'google' many of the major lines spread across the Nasca palimpsest and discover which align with azimuths of solar, lunar or even first magnitude stars.
To help with research, Dr Anthony Aveni, Russell Colgate Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology, Colgate University, kindly sent me a copy of his excellent 'Astronomical Tables intended for use in Archaeoastronomy Studies: Aveni A, 1972. American Antiquity 37: 351- 540 ; these I have used countless times and I express my grateful thanks to Dr Aveni. I thoroughly recommend the tables to any budding Archaeoastronomer.
I also have to thank for assistance, in those far off, early days of my investigation into the Nasca Lines, Dr Ana Maria Cogorno, Albacea de Maria Reiche, Lineas y Geoglyphs de Palpa y Nasca, who helped me to locate a relatively unknown Geoglyph nestling in the Andean foothills and which overlooks the Nasca Lines. Quaintly referred to as the 'Mandela' this geoglyph provided the basis of my own interpretation which I subsequently termed, a 'Geometriglyph'.
Instead of posting a photograph, I have only quoted its co-ordinates so that you can interact with my NascoBlog8 by 'googling' to the site. You must, by the way, have a version of Google Earth installed. The co-ordinates for the 'Mandela' are Latitude 14º 38'' 38' S and Longtitude 75º 10'' 16'' W.
Since being brought to the notice of the scientific fraternity the 'Mandala' has gradually become recognised by a few as an essential ingredient of pre-Columbian Peru's astronomical pre-history. More especially because of its closeness to and therefore suspected astronomical relationship with the Nasca Lines.
In my opinion the two are directly related and in the next Nascoblog9 I will explain the reasons. Meantime, please, do have a look at the 'Mandela'. If by chance you do not have Google Earth installed on your computer you can log on to http://www.google.co.uk/earth/index.html where you have access to the original Geometriglyph story.
See you all again on the 23rd October 2013 for NascoBlog9 where I will also give you some really exciting news in respect of the 'Atlantis' story we ran in NascoBlogs 1 - 7.
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William James Veall