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  1. JQ Jacobs @[email protected] ·

    #MoundMonday #PhotoMonday #MonksMound #Cahokia
    #Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site 1,600 ha 120 mounds
    The largest earthen monument north of #Mesoamerica
    #PhotoGallery jqjacobs.net/archaeo/cahokia.h
    #GeoLocation 38.6598, -90.0622
    Latitude tangent equals four fifths
    #Mississippian #Archaeology #Earthworks #Photography #FallColors
    UNESCO whc.unesco.org/en/list/198/

    #moundmonday #photomonday #monksmound #cahokia #mesoamerica #photogallery
  2. JQ Jacobs @[email protected] ·

    More #MoundMonday
    Some of the largest mounds in the world are accurately placed at significant latitudes. I first noticed the largest-in-volume #prehistoric earthen construction in the Americas, #MonksMound, #Cahokia, #latitude tangent = 4/5.
    jqjacobs.net/archaeo/cahokia.h
    Ancient Monument Latitudes Evidence Accurate #Astronomy
    jqjacobs.net/geodesy/ancient_m
    "Monument placement at latitudes where small rational numbers describe the local geometric relationship to celestial motions has astronomical utility."

    #moundmonday #prehistoric #monksmound #cahokia #latitude #astronomy