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César Esteban

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Cycles of time in the Iberian culture: the astronomical orientation of the temple of El Tossal de Sant Miquel de Llíria

2006

We present an archaeoastronomical study of the temple of the Iberian settlement of El Tossal de Sant Miquel de Llíria (València). We find that the major axis of the building is oriented very close to the east-west cardinal axis. The entrance of the temple is pointing towards an outstanding mountain on the eastern horizon, where the sunrise around the equinoxes takes place. On the other hand, the absence of other constructions just in front of the cultic building seems to support the inference that the astronomical relation was intentional, because it would permit the observation of the sunrise from the temple. The existence of other nearby Iberian sanctuaries showing similar relations with …

Iberian CultureArqueoastronomíaUNESCO::HISTORIA::Otras especialidades históricasSantuarios:HISTORIA::Historia por épocas::Prehistoria [UNESCO]Sacred placesReligionArchaeologyArqueoastronomía; Cultura ibérica; Religión; SantuariosUNESCO::HISTORIA::Historia por épocas::PrehistoriaArchaeoastronomyCultura ibérica:HISTORIA::Otras especialidades históricas [UNESCO]ReligiónCC1-960
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Cycles of time in the Iberian culture: the astronomical orientation of the temple of El Tossal de Sant Miquel de Llíria

2006

We present an archaeoastronomical study of the temple of the Iberian settlement of El Tossal de Sant Miquel de Llíria (València). We find that the major axis of the building is oriented very close to the east-west cardinal axis. The entrance of the temple is pointing towards an outstanding mountain on the eastern horizon, where the sunrise around the equinoxes takes place. On the other hand, the absence of other constructions just in front of the cultic building seems to support the inference that the astronomical relation was intentional, because it would permit the observation of the sunrise from the temple. The existence of other nearby Iberian sanctuaries showing similar relations with …

Iberian CultureArqueoastronomíaArcheologySantuariosmedia_common.quotation_subjectArtSacred placesReligionArchaeoastronomylcsh:ArchaeologyCultura ibéricalcsh:CC1-960ReligiónHumanitiesmedia_commonTrabajos de Prehistoria
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Enduring Sacred Places: The Astronomical Orientation of the Iberian Cave-Sanctuary of Cueva Santa del Cabriel in Spain

2019

This paper presents the results of an archaeoastronomical study of the Iberian Iron Age cave-sanctuary of Cueva Santa del Cabriel, near the town of Mira in the province of Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, central Spain, together with a review of the latest archaeological and ethnographical data about the site. We found that the cave's 12 m-long access corridor is oriented precisely along the summer solstice sunset, so that the north wall of the main gallery is partially illuminated by sunlight at this time. Although the cave was in use from the Late Chalcolithic, it became an important religious centre in the Iberian period. After an apparent hiatus during the Roman and Islamic occupations, its …

010302 applied physicsArcheologygeographyFifteenthgeography.geographical_feature_category060102 archaeologyComputer sciencemedia_common.quotation_subjectIslam06 humanities and the artsChalcolithicWorship01 natural sciencesArchaeoastronomyArchaeologyCave0103 physical sciencesEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Period (geology)Solstice0601 history and archaeologymedia_commonJournal of Skyscape Archaeology
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