Inverted analemmatic sundial of the Bronze Age
Larisa N. Vodolazhskaya

TL;DR
This paper identifies and describes a unique Bronze Age sundial from Crimea, introducing a new 'inverted analemmatic' type where hour markers move while the gnomon remains fixed, based on a 3,000-year-old artifact.
Contribution
It proposes a novel type of sundial, the inverted analemmatic, distinguished by its unique arrangement of hour markers and gnomon, not previously documented.
Findings
Identified a Bronze Age sundial from Crimea as a new sundial type.
Introduced the concept of inverted analemmatic sundial with fixed gnomon.
Demonstrated the sundial's unique hour marker arrangement based on cup marks.
Abstract
This article describes the study of a Bronze Age limestone slab with cup marks, discovered during the archaeological excavations of kurgan 1 of the kurgan grave field Prolom II, located in the Belogorsk region in Crimea. According to the results of the study, it is concluded that the Belogorsk slab is a sundial of about the XV - XII centuries BC and belongs to the Srubnaya culture. By type of sundial, it is closest to the analemmatic sundial. However, the principle of the hourly markings of the Belogorsk slab is so unique that it is proposed to separate this type of sundial into a new type - inverted analemmatic sundial. This type is characterized by the fact that, unlike typical analemmatic sundials, the gnomon remains motionless throughout the year, and in accordance with the analemma, the "dial" "moves" - an ellipse of hour markers from cup marks, i.e. gnomon and hour markers (cup…
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Taxonomy
TopicsHistorical Astronomy and Related Studies · Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Astro and Planetary Science
