City plans symbolizing cosmologies have long been recognized as a defining element of
Mesoamerican civilizations. The origins of formal spatial configurations are thus the key to …

Archaeoastronomical studies have demonstrated that the important civic and ceremonial
buildings in Mesoamerica were largely oriented to sunrises or sunsets on specific dates, but …

In the 1920s, during the first archaeological excavations at Uaxactún, Petén, Guatemala, an
architectural complex named Group E was interpreted as an ancient Maya astronomical …

This article synthesizes recent advances in the study of astronomy and worldview in
architectural and urban planning in Mesoamerica. Throughout most of this cultural area, the …

A recently accomplished systematic study of 271 architectural orientations measured at 87
archaeological sites in the Maya Lowlands led to several conclusions about the underlying …

Intervals of 260 days are recorded by architectural orientations at a number of Maya sites, a
pattern that may have developed early at sites such as Nakbe. The 260-day calendar …

Archaeoastronomical studies carried out during the last decades in Mesoamerica have
demonstrated that civic and ceremonial buildings were largely oriented on astronomical …

One can agree with Ezcurra et al.(1) that the ancient inhabitants of the Basin of Mexico used
prominent mountain peaks as markers of the Sun's positions on agriculturally significant …

The opening quote of “Whose Equinox?” refers to the east-and west-facing passages at
Knowth passage tomb (Boyne Valley, Ireland). That they were equinoctially aligned was not …

In the area along the southern Gulf Coast in Mexico, a large number of previously
unrecorded archaeological sites have recently been detected with the aid of lidar data …