Year: 2016
Type: Proceeding article
Title: Solar and lunar calendars of the mountain sanctuary Kokino
Author: Kuzmanovska, Olgica
Author: Stankovski, Jovica
Author: Apostolovska, Gordana
Abstract: The mountain sanctuary Kokino is located in the northeast part of Macedonia, on the summit of a hill of volcanic origin. The archeological research that has been performed for more than a decade confirmed its use as a large extra-urban religious site during the whole period of the Bronze Age. Additional astronomical analyses showed that it has the characteristics of a megalithic observatory, with some of its religious cults related with the motion of the sun, moon and some of the brightest stars. For that purpose the periodic motion of these celestial objects was observed and their position on specific calendar dates marked by stone notches cut in the surrounding rocks. In this paper, we present the results of the astronomical investigation of a group of stone markers aligned toward the specific positions of the full moon and analyze their purpose in creating a simple solar and lunar calendar which was used in planning the everyday life of the Bronze Age people in the region.
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
Relation: AIP Conference Proceedings 1722;040003 (2016)
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/1553
Identifier: AIP Conference Proceedings
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/1553Identifier: 10.1063/1.4944137
