The Research of Northern Labyrinths as Navigation Network Elements

Paranina, Alina; Paranin, Roman

doi:10.12716/1001.10.03.10

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“…Both sides of the equation give the same result -the height of the gnomon and describe the ratio of the angle of incidence of the sunlight (α) and the length of the shadow (A): the left one is for summer, the right one is for winter. To the distances measured from the center to the extreme arcs of the labyrinth (in this example -1 m and 5.5 m), we must add a correction x in order to accurately determine its position in the center [6]: tg 48,47 (1 + х) = tg 4,97 (5,5 + х)…”

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

Paranina

Paranin²,

Grigoryev³

et al. 2023

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

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Grigoryev³

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“…In the polar regions and in circumpolar regions, such phenomena of illumination as polar days and white nights are observed. Under the conditions of the polar day, the Sun is the only astronomical reference point that can be observed [10]. During the white nights, the stars lightly stand out in the bright sky.…”

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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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Geographical Tools of Sacred Navigation in the Historical Development of Siberia

Paranina

Marsadolov²,

Grigoriev³

2022

Springer Geography

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The Research of Northern Labyrinths as Navigation Network Elements

Cited by 5 publications

References 3 publications

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

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

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

Geographical Tools of Sacred Navigation in the Historical Development of Siberia

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