As ever, I struggle with the complexity of achieving an overview of ancient architecture compared with the potential difficulty of identifying certain numbers without one, and because we see many of the same measures “reused” in other structures but arranged in different groupings, an overview can ideally direct us to situations where we can obtainContinue reading “A Postcard from Xtampak”
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A New “Wonder Number” From Rio Bec?
As usual, I will try to keep the history lesson brief. The Rio Bec Mayan archaeological site lent its name to a style of architecture that is though to have persisted some 500 years, from about 700-1200 AD. Rio Bec style architecture is noted for imposing pairs of towers featuring facades that imply pyramid temples.Continue reading “A New “Wonder Number” From Rio Bec?”
What Is “The Lunar Remen”?
I believe I just mentioned that the figure of 1.219350970 was first found while working with ancient Mesoamerican architecture. While this is perfectly true to the best of my knowledge, I might have also added that an additional part of the background of this number that in a manner of speaking, it’s the reciprocal ofContinue reading “What Is “The Lunar Remen”?”
Rio Bec, Slight Return
Aside from Tikal, I’m not sure there any ancient American archaeological sites that have given me a sense of wonder and inspiration quite the way that Rio Bec, the namesake of the Rio Bec archaeological style, has. That was all any archaeologists had to say to me was to propose that the stately false towerContinue reading “Rio Bec, Slight Return”
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