Geoglyphology - new science with a great promise

 

In the field of Geoglyphology, we are plotting lines in a spherical world and then displaying the results on a flat plane. It is difficult to grasp the concept of combining Spherical Geometry with Plane Geometry. That is why the new field of Geoglyphology could not have been proposed without the advent of software that computes using Spherical Geometry which then displays the results on a flat plane.

This type of precise mapping precludes the plotting of these bearings on a flat map. Maps become distorted when converted from a sphere to a flat map. Any lines that are depicted  on a flat, non-satellite map were first plotted using the software and then drawn on the flat map after the end points were determined. Even then, the proper curvature is missing.

What knowledge did the Ancient possess, 12,000 years ago or before, which allowed them to do precise calculations to establish cardinal points separated by thousands of miles? 

contribution: D. Cunningham

Geoglyphology in the Qhapaq Nan - new science with big possibilities of discovering the past

Since the 2009 I have been researching the Qhapaq Nan, the well known concept of the Inca Road System developed initially by John Hyslop in the end of 1980's. In 1990 he published an Inka Settlement Planning book which redefined the idea of describing & re-discovering the territory planned and formed by the Tiwantinsuyu culture on the canvas of a much more ancient territorial system. Whom did this system served and what centres outside the Inca controlled territory were linked? Why?

Since there were no direct answers, I begun measuring the progress of various groups along the True Road (Lajo 2000) and its relationship with the Nazca Lines and other urban & natural landmarks. The cardinal directions established by outer walls of buildings (ceremonial centres, axis of pyramids, etc.) were pointing to much larger territory, often pertaining to overlapping areas controlled by various cultures during centuries and millenniums. 

Need to develop charts and maps of reference point systems which had to do with penetration of the South American continent by different human groups traveling along well laid out & painstakingly measured patterns in their exploration from the coast of Ecuador (Valdivia & Paijin culture) on the SE way towards the Porto Alegre,  Brazil became clear.

 

Ancient archeological locations, many previously unknown, were identified through Geoglyphology. The accuracy of the calculations of the ancient peoples is incredible. The GPS accuracy of the software program is seldom more accurate than the line system developed by the Ancient. By calculating the bearing at the source one can follow the extended radial for sometimes thousands of miles and locate a related glyph with little or no error. 

The percentage of success in locating a verifiable glyph or ancient location using each of the extended radials of any one glyph was variable, but ran in the range of 75% to 100%. Much of the lack of success was attributed to urbanization, overgrowth, vandalism, etc.. Surprisingly, based on the glyphs that we found, there seems to be an incredible amount of precise information built into them.  Influence of meteorological conditions (erosion, etc.), seismic & man made interventions need to be considered in studying glyphs (made of stone, earth & water canals, etc.).

 credits to: J. Hass, T. Pozorski, P. Cunningham, A.D.Faram, Lajo & others

Sechin Bajo, the ceremonial plaza of 5,500 years in Peru is still waiting to be published

 Ancient ceremonial plaza found in Peru
By ANDREW WHALEN, Associated Press Writer 

LIMA, Peru – A team of German and Peruvian archaeologists say they have discovered the oldest known monument in Peru: a 5,500-year-old ceremonial plaza near Peru’s north-central coast. Carbon dating of material from the site revealed it was built between 3500 B.C. and 3000 B.C., Peter Fuchs, a German archaeologist who headed the excavation team.

The find also raises questions about what prompted “civilizations to form throughout the planet at more or less the same time,” Shady said.The circular, sunken plaza, built of stones and adobe, is part of the Sechin Bajo archaeological complex in Andes foothills, 206 miles northwest of Lima, where Fuchs and fellow German archaeologist Renate Patzschke have been working since 1992.It predates similar monuments and plazas found in Caral, which nonetheless remains the oldest known city in the Americas dating back to 2627 B.C.The plaza served as a social and ritual space where ancient peoples celebrated their “thoughts about the world, their place within it, and images of their world and themselves,” Fuchs said.In an adjacent structure, built around 1800 B.C., Fuchs’ team uncovered a 3,600-year-old adobe frieze — six feet tall — depicting the iconic image of a human sacrificer “standing with open arms, holding a ritual knife in one hand and a human head in the other,” Fuchs said.

The excavation was the fourth in a series of digs at the Sechin Bajo complex that Fuchs and Patzschke began on behalf of the University of Berlin in 1992. Deutsche Forschung Gemeinschaft, a German state agency created to sponsor scientific investigations, has financed the most recent three digs.

The find “shows the world that in America too, human beings of the New World had the same capacity to create civilization as those in the Old World,” Shady said.Her discovery, Caral, made headlines in 2001 when researchers carbon-dated material from the city back to 2627 B.C., proving that a complex urban center in the Americas thrived as a contemporary to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt — 1,500 years earlier than previously believed.