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Last Post 10/17/2007 10:14 AM by  Mitzi Adams
ancient/u.s.?
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10/6/2006 9:06 AM

    Cathy H

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


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    10/15/2007 12:11 PM

    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.

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    10/17/2007 10:14 AM

    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..../slshow3.stm#cahokia and http://www.utexas.edu/cou...98/mcbridebio.html). There's also the Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming (http://solar-center.stanf...du/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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