The orientation of the "Hünenbetten"of lower saxony

• Main Authors: González-García, A. César, Costa Ferrer, Lourdes
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Archaeopress 2007
• Subjects: Incipit; Institute of Heritage Sciences; Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio; The Pointers
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/80978

Paper from the anual meeting of SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) held in Kecskemét in Hungary in 2004. This volumen is edited by Emília Pásztor. [EN]We report here on an on-going study to measure the orientation of the megalithic monuments of the TRB West group. The orientation of 48 passage graves between the rivers Wesser and Ems have been measured. The orientations of the chambers and of the passages, where posible, have been collected. Chambers are orientated close to due east-west. A secondary peck in the orientation of the chambers is observed close to summer solstice sunrise. The entrance is mostly located to the south and can be related to the rise and set of the stars of the Southern Cross and the Pointers. When compared with the monuments from TRB East group and the Allees Couverts from Brittany the orientations seem compatible. However the orientations of monuments from the TRB North group seem to be different. The oldest dating from the TRB monuments come from the TRB North group. Possible implications are discussed. Peer reviewed