Primary Navigation Purpose of Petroglyphs: Reconstruction on the Basis of the Gnomon

Paranina, Alina; Paranin, Roman

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“…For example, the concept of using labyrinths as sun clocks and calendars of the Stone Age reinforces the notion of the existence of a lost ancient Arctic civilization. The need for the instruments of orientation in space-time in the Arctic is consistent with the images of large ships and scenes of marine fishing depicted in rock carvings in the Republic of Karelia (on the Vyg river and White Sea islands), and in Northern Norway (Alt) (Paranina, 2011(Paranina, , 2017Paranina & Paranin, 2017a, 2017b.…”

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“…Ancient sign systems and symbols of cultures are reinterpreted and understood in a new way by linking them to the primary principle, i.e. to geo-space and the country's natural environment (Grigoriev, 2009;Paranina & Paranin, 2017a, 2017b. In addition, knowledge in the field of geographical country studies is necessary for specialists of various scientific and applied fields of activity -military, diplomats, political scientists, philologists, specialists in international relations, who require a shortened, basic course version of the subject.…”

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Educational And Scientific Potential Of Regional Studies

Grigoryev¹

2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Section: "Rossievedenie" (Russian Studies) As An Important Area Of Rementioning

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Educational And Scientific Potential Of Regional Studies

Grigoryev¹

2018

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…The ratio of the azimuths of geometric signs and rises / sets of the Moon and the Sun on the days of the solstices and equinoxes [18] Our studies on synchronous objects of Karelia and Gorny Altai show that rocks with petroglyphs everywhere function as a scale / dial of a sundial calendar, and their creation and use is based on shadow fixation [19]. The sequential drawing of the shadow of the vertical gnomon gives an idea of the origin of the solar signs and typical attributes of mythological images (horns, fishtail, lotus and others -see Fig.…”

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Space Rhythms and Technologies of Astronomic Navigation as Factors of Cultural Genesis and Sapientation

Paranina¹

2020

GEOMATE

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The article proposes a new approach to these problems, developed on the basis of the navigation concept of the information modeling of the world. From the position of the navigation concept, the development of the geographical space-time played a leading role in the processes of human biological and supra-biological adaptation. Such an approach takes into account the fundamental role of the planetarycosmic factors in shaping the structure of the geocultural space of the Earth and is consistent with the main provisions of the modern scientific picture of the world. On the basis of field and laboratory research, the instrumental possibilities of stone labyrinths and other prehistoric cultural heritage sites are determined. According to the results of the analysis of the structure of uneven-age objects, the reconstruction stages of the development of prehistoric astronomical orientation technologies are proposed. Comparison of classical signs and symbols with sun shadow charts allowed to substantiate the astronomical nature of the sign. The analysis of ethnographic materials has provided the preservation of archaic navigation technologies in everyday life practice, ornaments, mythological scenes, and sacral traditions. On the basis of generalization of materials, new models of cultural genesis and anthropogenesis, based on solar navigation, have been developed. The results of the study show that the invariant structures of genetic and social memory are associated with the order of geographical space-time, which is determined by the shape, daily and annual movements of the planet Earth.

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“…In 2008 -2010, with the help of the technology of sundialcalendars, the rational purpose of the northern labyrinths, located in the White Sea -on Bolshoy Zayatsky Island of the Solovetsky Archipelago, was determined. In 2010-2021, a navigational concept of information modeling of the world was developed, which explains the cosmism of the main national holidays, the integrity of traditional culture and consciousness [1,2]. The concept was confirmed and developed in studies of rock carvings of the labyrinths located in the Caucasus.…”

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Northern labyrinths: potential for interdisciplinary research and a resource for international tourism

Paranina

Paranin²,

Grigoryev³

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E3S Web Conf.

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The article presents the scientific rationale for the project of creating a geographic database on northern labyrinths ancient stone structures and petroglyphs located on the coasts and islands of Northern Europe. The aim of the project is to conduct interdisciplinary research of labyrinths-gnomons (tools for orientation in space and time according to the Sun) as a source of information about ancient marine communications, development of navigation technologies, as well as coastal changes in the Arctic region and climatic rhythms of our planet. The research algorithm includes standard methods of complex geographical descriptions; solution of the equation based on the main trigonometric function; analysis of stable relationships in the system “object - landscape - geographic space - Earth - Universe”. The relationship of the structure of labyrinths performing instrumental functions with the geographical latitude, as well as with the long-period rhythms of the planet, which are most clearly manifested in the Arctic region, is considered. The influence of navigation technologies on the physical development of geographic space and its modeling at the local (toponyms), regional (territorial systems and communications) and global levels (modern scientific picture of the world and ancient information models preserved in mythopoetic form) is shown. It is concluded that the creation of a regional geographic database on labyrinths will contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage sites, replenishment of the resources of international tourism in the Arctic region, the development of scientific communications uniting scientists from the northern countries.

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Primary Navigation Purpose of Petroglyphs: Reconstruction on the Basis of the Gnomon

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Educational And Scientific Potential Of Regional Studies

Educational And Scientific Potential Of Regional Studies

Space Rhythms and Technologies of Astronomic Navigation as Factors of Cultural Genesis and Sapientation

Northern labyrinths: potential for interdisciplinary research and a resource for international tourism

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