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Tomb Orientation

Tomb Orientation is a methodological construct in mortuary archaeology that specifies the spatial alignment of a burial structure relative to cardinal directions or landscape features to infer cultural, religious, or cosmological practices.

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A Brief History of Beiji Beiji (Northern Culmen), with an Excursus on the Origin of the Character di di

David W. Pankenier · Journal of the American Oriental Society · 2004 · 28 citations

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Chinese tombs oriented by a compass: Evidence from paleomagnetic changes versus the age of tombs

Ivanka Charvátová, Jaroslav Klokočník, Jan Kostelecký · Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica · 2011 · 22 citations

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The identification of the tomb described on O. BM 8505

Corinna Rossi · Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) · 2002 · 19 citations · Full text

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Statistical Analysis of Megalithic Tomb Orientations in the Iberian Peninsula and Neighbouring Regions

A. César González‐García, Juan Antonio Belmonte · Journal for the History of Astronomy · 2010 · 17 citations

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Interpreting megalithic tomb orientation and siting within broader cultural contexts

Frank Prendergast · Journal of Physics Conference Series · 2016 · 10 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. IC
    Ivanka Charvátová

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geophysics, Czechia

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  2. AC
    A. César González‐García

    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  3. DW
    David W. Pankenier

    Lehigh University, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  4. FP
    Frank Prendergast

    Technological University Dublin, Ireland

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. JK
    Jaroslav Klokočník

    Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute, Czechia

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  2. Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute

    Ondřejov, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  3. Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography

    Zdiby, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  4. Czech Academy of Sciences

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  5. Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geophysics

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  6. Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

    Tenerife, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  7. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

    Madrid, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. Masaryk University

    Brno, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

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  1. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  3. Journal for the History of Astronomy

    JHA · 1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. Journal of the American Oriental Society

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  5. Journal of Physics Conference Series

    1 publications · 10 citations

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