Having now previously determined that the Herschel Petroglyphs marked the head stars of Scorpio in ca. 3000 B.C., we can expect in our ancient Native North America land survey that the neighboring stars of Serpens Caput and Ophiuchus must therefore be marked somewhere to the south.
One of the truly great mysteries of our and preceding academic eras are the ancient Native North America mounds at the Medicine Wheel Park at Valley City State University in North Dakota, USA.
The great mystery is how these mounds have so long escaped identification as the obvious stars that they mark.
Most of the stars depicted, especially those of Serpens Caput, are so clear to someone with a basic knowledge of stars of the sky, that they should optimally have been recognized long ago for the similarity of mound placements to stars.
NO ONE MADE THE CONNECTION, up to now.
Below, we compare the mound locations as surveyed by T. H. Lewis on October 29, 1883 with stars of Serpens Caput and Ophiuchus, from which it is clear that the mounds mark the Autumn Equinox in ca. 3000 B.C., and also mark the positions of the Celestial Meridian and Celestial Equator, as well as the line of stars of Serpens Cauda.
Our own map mound drawing below is based on that survey map, as found at the Medicine Wheel Park site at http://medicinewheel.vcsu.edu/.
The artificial Medicine Wheel is nice....
but the mounds are the real thing.
A REAL ATTRACTION! An amazing one, from 5000 years ago!
THIS POSTING IS Posting Number 31 of
The Great Mound, Petroglyph and Painted Rock Art Journey of Native America
North Dakota Mounds at Valley City State University Medicine Wheel Park Mark Stars of Serpens Caput and Ophiuchus and the Autumn Equinox in ca. 3000 B.C.
One of the truly great mysteries of our and preceding academic eras are the ancient Native North America mounds at the Medicine Wheel Park at Valley City State University in North Dakota, USA.
The great mystery is how these mounds have so long escaped identification as the obvious stars that they mark.
Most of the stars depicted, especially those of Serpens Caput, are so clear to someone with a basic knowledge of stars of the sky, that they should optimally have been recognized long ago for the similarity of mound placements to stars.
NO ONE MADE THE CONNECTION, up to now.
Below, we compare the mound locations as surveyed by T. H. Lewis on October 29, 1883 with stars of Serpens Caput and Ophiuchus, from which it is clear that the mounds mark the Autumn Equinox in ca. 3000 B.C., and also mark the positions of the Celestial Meridian and Celestial Equator, as well as the line of stars of Serpens Cauda.
Our own map mound drawing below is based on that survey map, as found at the Medicine Wheel Park site at http://medicinewheel.vcsu.edu/.
- The Head triangle of stars of Serpens Caput marks the Celestial Meridian, i.e. the line (Equinox colure) from the Autumn Equinox Point in Scorpio to the North Celestial Pole.
- The stars of Serpens Caput are so clearly marked that any further commentary would be superfluous.
- One line of stars leads from the bottom of the line of stars at Serpens Caput to the Autumn Equinox point near the head of Scorpio in ca. 3000 B.C.
- A second line of stars leads from the bottom of the line of stars at Serpens Caput to the line of the Celestial Equator ca. 3000 B.C. near the star Eta Ophiuchi (Sabik)
- The Celestial Equator is marked as a straight line from Sabik and the "windshield wiper"-shaped figure marks the line of stars at Serpens Cauda
The artificial Medicine Wheel is nice....
but the mounds are the real thing.
A REAL ATTRACTION! An amazing one, from 5000 years ago!
THIS POSTING IS Posting Number 31 of
The Great Mound, Petroglyph and Painted Rock Art Journey of Native America
North Dakota Mounds at Valley City State University Medicine Wheel Park Mark Stars of Serpens Caput and Ophiuchus and the Autumn Equinox in ca. 3000 B.C.
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