Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4403741 Procedia Environmental Sciences 2011 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

The arguments based on our own measurements in situ or based on analysis of satellite images and on worldwide paleomagnetic data available to date for relevant time intervals are gathered and presented to claim that many pyramids and other important buildings in Mesoamerica (Olmécs, Maya...) and in China (Xi’an...) were oriented by means of a magnetic compass.

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