Land, Sea and Skyscape: Two Case Studies of Man-made Structures in the Azores Islands

• DOI: 10.46472/cc.0217.0211
• Publication Date: 2020-12-04T22:48:16Z
• Authors: Fernando Pimenta; Nuno Ribeiro; Anabela Joaquinito; António Félix Rod...; Antonieta Costa; Fabio Silva
• Keywords: Seascape; Solstice

The exploration of the Mediterranean seascape goes back to foragers early Holocene period around ninth millennium BCE. Two case studies in Azores islands show possible integration elements landscape, and skyscape way two different types artificial structures were aligned. major axes Maroiço from Pico Island may have been aligned on summit Mountain and, reciprocally, setting sun at summer solstice over neighbouring Faial Island. caves near sea excavated Monte Brasil, Terceira Island, integrated solar calendrical marks, especially for Equinox sunset distant S. Jorge