Hello TK! I saw in your profile that you're a geologist. What do you specialize in? Is there a particular topic that you would like to share with the group?...
Hello Martin, My apologies for my late reaction on your invitation to join the group. I was very busy en also some weeks out of the country (visited Cuba)....
Hello sebastiaan! Welcome to the group. Glad to have you here. Congratulations on your book. And thanks for the info on the tomb of Pacal. Is there a topic in...
I just received my copy of this book, and I'm giving it five stars without even having read it! What an utterly amazing collection! My only other really...
I can only agree with you supernaturalrabbitscribe. This book is a wealth of up to date information and the photos are among the best I've seen. I acquired my...
I appreciate the invitation to join the group. I'll give it a try. My current primary interest in Mayan architecture is geodetic study. I would like to build...
Welcome to the group James! Your project sounds very interesting. In fact, I'm looking forward to learning more. What is exactly "geodetic study"? I don't know...
Hello Jim! Welcome to the group. What do you specialize in? Is there a topic you would like to discuss? I saw on the website of the Institute of Maya Studies ...
Martin Lominy wrote, What is ... geodetic study? Basically, geodesy is the branch of applied mathematics concerned with determining and measuring the size and...
... This view fits a proposed cause, volcanism. Remember the eruption of Chacón cleansing the ruins at Palenque? I recall the theory, but not it's author,...
... meridian, extending from Tikal (possibly from Tazumal/El Trapiche) to Dzibilchaltun (which I term the Maya Meridian). Meridians are a fundamental tool of...
I don't remember hearing about the Chacon eruption. When did it happen and where is it located exactly? Volcanism is certainly an interesting theory. The...
The jade plaque is now my desktop background, and isn't likely to be displaced. And in case you missed it, Martin, note the teocalli at the top of the...
Thanks for the tip about the links supernaturalrabbitscribe. If you mean the jade plaque from the National Museum of Guatemala, you might have noticed that...
... The recent small and very explosive eruption of El Chichón (Chacón is my misspelling) was in 1982. Location: 17.4N, 93.2W (123 km from Palenque, bearing...
... Yes, and yes, and then some. For all we know, the architecture is a codex. The sites on the Maya Meridian include known observatories (Dzibilchaltun, ...
Ballcourts are oriented East-West. You have indicated an interest in the exact positions of indididual structures and monument groups- have you looked at the...
Fascinating research JQ! Since I am not familiar with the concepts and terminology of this field, may I ask you to define a few things. -> What is the "nadir...
Good observation! Most (but not all) Maya ballcourts have the same cardinal orientation. Using the main axis of the court (the alley), the dominant orientation...
... Nadir is the opposite of zenith. The nadir of a coordinate would be 180 degrees from that point on any great circle, the terminus of a line from that ...
... Yes, SRS (if you don't mind an abbrev.), I have to a degree (no pun intended). To begin, let me say that my study is preliminary, given use of 1:50,000 map...
Hello, Martin... Thanks for the welcome to this Maya architecture group. The presentation that you mentioned given at the Institute of Maya Studies does not...
Hello, I seem to remember that Teotihuacan is almost on the same "meridian" as Chichen Itza., perhaps to keep the same solar alignments, especially for how the...
Hello JQ! Did you explore the geological and hydrological features of the peninsula? Could there be a connection between the alignment of some sites and...
Interesting idea Jim! If populations did move according to astronomical events and considering that Chichen is one of the latest Itza settlements, could it be...
... I suspect you mean the same "parallel," the circle formed by a line at a specific latitude, rather than "meridian," by definition a north-south line. At...
Hello, Martin... There is no investigation into the various aspects of that kind of specific migration theory that you mention, that I am aware of. Even my ...
Thanks JQ for pointing out the error of my ways. I do not want to steer anyone in the wrong direction, so thanks for clarifying my intent. Just throwing some...
I noticed today that you can see some decorative patterns in the stucco on the roofcombs of Temples 1-4 at Tikal in the Maudsley photographs. They're gone...
... The '260 days between zenith passages idea' at Izapa and Copan has been around for a while, long before this work. I would like to see something more ...
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