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Having converted the tables of the sun, moon and planets presented in "Astronomical Algorithms," into computer code, Dr. Robert Barratt is a research scientist at the Queen's University in Belfast who designed and built his own software which he uses to produce 3d simulations of neolithic structures.

In this episode Robert shares his struggles against compounding variables, and he highlights the importance of matching archaeoastronomical assumptions with material culture.

And presenting his methods for utilizing statistics, random numbers and comparative models to test intentionality within astronomical alignments, Robert demonstrates how he married big data sets with field experimentation to reveal alignment data in the Neolithic temples of Malta and in the timber circles of Ireland.

Prepare to journey into the mathematics of archaeoastronomy, learning how computer coding is being applied to separate intentionality from chance, with Dr. Robert Barratt.
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Dr. Robert Barratt Research Papers: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Robert-Barratt-2182386617

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With 25 years of experience excavating and interpreting Scotland’s Neolithic and early Bronze Age monumental landscapes, Dr. Kenneth Brophy is a senior lecturer in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow.

Kenny and I first met way back in 2002 when he was a young archaeology student excavating standing stones in my homeland of CaIthness, on the north east coast of Scotland, where I was field walking, searching for flint arrow heads with one of his colleagues.

In this episode Kenny discusses his fresh academic approach to the controversial 1970s maps of Harry Bell, the renowned Glaswegian lay-hunter who in the footsteps of Alfred Watkins proposed a network of geodetic alignments connecting prehistoric sites encompassing Glasgow and central Scotland.

We also discuss a significant lunar latitude spanning northern Scotland from which every 18.6 years, at the lunar minima, the moon fuses with landscape offering witnesses an awe inspiring cosmo-mythological spectacle.

And as Scotland’s leading authority on the long straight cursus monuments that lead to Neolithic standing stone settings, based on his findings on the western Isle of Arran, Kenny shares his ideas on their ritualistic functionality.

Stabbing at the meaning of Scotland's geometrical carved stone balls, and the motivation of early death in Neolithic architecture, this is ancient Scotland according to the case files of Dr. Kenneth Brophy.

Kenneth Brophy Professional Bio: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/kennethbrophy/

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Show Notes

Neolithic Lunar Minimum

From Learable Hill and Callanish the moon travels along the horizon every 18.6 years, at the astronomical Lunar Minimum. Learable: 58.191° N -3.886 W. Callanish: 58.197° N -6.745° W
The variable from a common latitude is “15.2 meters” over 408.28 kilometers. The Dounray fan represents the northernmost latitude from which this phenomenon can be witnessed.

Glasgow Cathedral Ecclesiastical Equinox Line

7th c. Govan Old Church: 55.864° N, -4.313° W 12th c. Glasgow Cathedral: 55.862° N, -4.231° W15th c. Rosslyn Chapel: 55.855° N, -3.160° W. Note: these churches were built in different centuries, but the “modern templar” claim is that this “ecclesiastic equinox line” was founded in Govan in the 6th century, extended to locate GLW cathedral in the 12th c, and extended again in the 15th c. with the building of Rosslyn Chapel, which is a miniature version of GLW cathedral. These three sites demonstrate a variable from common latitude of “223” meters, over 140 kilometers.

Earl’s Seat to Deil’s Wood Meridian

Deil’s Cairn: 55.754° N -4.299° WEarl’s Seat: 56.025° N, -4.296° W. The variable from the common meridian is “26” meters, over 45 kilometers.


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Charles Stanish was a Professor of Anthropology and director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA for 20 years, before he served as Executive Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Culture and the Environment at the University of South Florida.

Having conducted extensive research into trade, war, and labor organization in human cooperation within prehistoric societies in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile, in this episode Charles explores the astronomical alignments and geoglyphs within Peru’s Chincha and Nazca Valleys.

We learn how emerging ruling classes conducted elaborate open-air theatrical productions within assemblies of mounds, platforms, and geoglyphs. After outlining the underlying archaeoastronomy, Charles explains how dominant classes engaged in competitive feasting, offering pilgrims a ritualized-political spectacle to garner widespread support.

Charles also discusses Cuzco’s controversial ceque system of alignments and shrines, or huacas, demonstrating how his empirical approach to Inca alignments challenges the earlier works of structuralists.

You would be wise to abandon the precepts of western philosophy before entering this ancient world of lost alignments, as we will be following a more diverse form of mind-map based on raw Andean cosmovision, as charted by Professor Charles Stanish.

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Professor Charles Stanish Professional Bio
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In the last episode my guest referred to the Chaco Meridian, a north to south alignment in the southwestern United States marked by Ancestral Puebloan power centers. Following that thread, herein I speak with Stephen Lekson, a Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Archaeology at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder, who currently serves as Contributing Editor for Archaeology Magazine.

Stephen has led over 20 archaeological excavations in the monumental landscapes of the southwest, and he’s written 12 books including his controversial 1999 work, “The Chaco Meridian,” in which he proposed the existence of a deliberate north to south alignment marked by a series of Casas Grandes, or Great Houses.

The professor shares his entrapping story of a mid-13th century group of social elites living at Aztec Ruins in northwestern New Mexico, who extended their ancestral alignment over 600 kilometers southwards, where they founded Casas Grandes, or Paquimé in northern Mexico. And while some archaeologists contest this long-distance meridional alignment, in this discussion Stephen doubles down suggesting it was perhaps extended 700 kilometers south of Paquimé, terminating at an indigenous settlement to the east of Culiacán in northwestern Mexico.

It’s time to unearth celestial-cosmology, and to hunt for astro-cartography in the high desert of northwestern New Mexico, with Professor Stephen Lekson.

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This cosmo-mythologically charged episode features Professor Giulio Magli, an Italian astrophysicist and archaeoastronomer serving as the Head of the Department of Mathematics at the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he teaches Italy’s first official course in archaeoastronomy.

With a background in relativistic astrophysics, for 25 years Giulio has applied the principles of mathematics to the orientations and alignments of ancient architecture and monumental landscapes, revealing connections between the sky, architecture, religion, and mythology.

We begin by discussing the underlying archaeoastronomical alignments within Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the largest religious complex ever built, and Giulio explains the fine lines between intentionality and chance, sharing his distaste for numerology.

Demonstrating the "selection effect,” contravening many previous claims, Giulio explains why the Pyramids of Egypt have nothing whatsoever to do with the Orion constellation. And detailing the findings of his most recent paper, he suggests Machu Picchu was not only a royal estate but also an important pilgrimage site.

Join me in this non-linear and labyrinthine discussion with Professor Giulio Magli.

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This foundational episode introduces Ashley Cowie, the host, sharing his inspirations behind creating the History Fuzz podcast and delineating the show themes, structure and schedule.
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