Download This PaperThe Orientation of the Daisen Kofun
6 Pages Posted: 11 Jun 2020
Date Written: May 18, 2020
Abstract
The baseline of the greatest Kofun (keyhole shaped tomb) of Japan is shown to be very precisely oriented to the setting sun at the summer solstice. The possibility that such an alignment does not occur by chance is briefly discussed.
Keywords: archaeoastronomy of Japan tombs, kofun
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magli, giulio, The Orientation of the Daisen Kofun (May 18, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3604011 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3604011
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