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Cave of the astronomers at xochicalco

Springer New York, (2015), 749-758
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_58
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Abstract

The chimney built in the roof of the artificial large cave at Xochicalco, known as “Cave of the astronomers”, has been interpreted as a solar zenithal observation tube. Nevertheless, different elements and especially the latitude of the site itself led the author to present a lunar hypothesis. Precise measurements of the impact of light inside the cave show the degree of precision that can be obtained in this camera obscura.

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Lebeuf, A. (2015). Cave of the astronomers at xochicalco. In Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy (pp. 749–758). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_58

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