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    Beyond Paradigms in Cultural Astronomy. Proceedings of the 27th SEAC conference held together with the EAA

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    Proceedings of the 27th SEAC conference held together with the EAA.-- Editors: A. CΓ©sar GonzΓ‘lez-GarcΓ­a, Roslyn M. Frank, Lionel D. Sims, Michael A. RappenglΓΌck, Georg Zotti, Juan A. Belmonte, Ivan Ε prajc.Cultural Astronomy is the endeavour to understand the role of the sky in past and present societies, and how these societies incorporated the sky into their culture. This broad ranging discipline is closely related to archaeology when investigating material remains of the past. Cultural Astronomy also explores the role of the heavens from the perspectives of the anthropological sciences. In recent decades the discipline has been concerned with methodological and theoretical issues. This volume offers chapters based on presentations at the 27th SEAC meeting held in Bern (2019). These chapters provide a vivid image of front-line research in diverse areas, from Roman light and shadow effects to highlight power, to Maya city organization, Etruscan temple orientation or the ontology of the sky.Peer reviewe

    The Chiemgau Crater Strewn Field: Evidence of a Holocene Large Impact Event in Southeast Bavaria, Germany

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    The Chiemgau strewn field in the Alpine Foreland discovered in the early new millennium comprises more than 80 mostly rimmed craters in a roughly elliptically shaped area with axes of about 60 km and 30 km. The crater diameters range between a few meters and a few hundred meters. Geologically, the craters occur in Pleistocene moraine and fluvio-glacial sediments. The craters and surrounding areas so far investigated in more detail are featuring heavy deformations of the Quaternary cobbles and boulders, abundant fused rock material (impact melt rocks and various glasses), shock-metamorphic effects, and geophysical anomalies. The impact is substantiated by the abundant occurrence of metallic, glass and carbon spherules, accretionary lapilli, and of strange matter in the form of iron silicides like gupeiite and xifengite, and various carbides like, e.g., moissanite SiC. The hitherto established largest crater of the strewn field is Lake TΓΌttensee exhibiting an 8 m-height rim wall, a rim-to-rim diameter of about 600 m, a depth of roughly 30 m and an extensive ejecta blanket. Physical and archeological dating confine the impact event to have happened most probably between 1300 and 300 B.C. The impactor is suggested to have been a low-density disintegrated, loosely bound asteroid or a disintegrated comet in order to account for the extensive strewn field.ΠšΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ Π§ΠΈΠΌΠ³Π°Ρƒ Π² Альпийском ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄Π³ΠΎΡ€ΡŒΠ΅ ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°Ρ€ΡƒΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΎ Π² Π½Π°Ρ‡Π°Π»Π΅ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ тысячСлСтия; ΠΎΠ½ΠΎ состоит ΠΈΠ· Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ Ρ‡Π΅ΠΌ 80 ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ², рассСянных Π² области ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ€Π½ΠΎ эллиптичСской Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΡ‹ с осями ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ 30 ΠΈ 60 ΠΊΠΌ. Π”ΠΈΠ°ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ² колСблСтся ΠΎΡ‚ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠΊΠΈΡ… ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ² Π΄ΠΎ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠΊΠΈΡ… сот ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ². ГСологичСски ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Ρ‹ ΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π°Π·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Ρ‹ Π² плСйстоцСновых Ρ€Π΅Ρ‡Π½Ρ‹Ρ… ΠΌΠΎΡ€Π΅Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π»Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Ρ‹Ρ… отлоТСниях. ΠšΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Ρ‹ ΠΈ Π΄Π΅Ρ‚Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎ исслСдованныС ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ»Π΅Π³Π°ΡŽΡ‰ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊ Π½ΠΈΠΌ Ρ€Π°ΠΉΠΎΠ½Ρ‹ Π΄Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΡΡ‚Ρ€ΠΈΡ€ΡƒΡŽΡ‚ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΈ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… ΡƒΠ΄Π°Ρ€Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π΄Π΅Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΠ°Ρ†ΠΈΠΉ гальки ΠΈ Π²Π°Π»ΡƒΠ½ΠΎΠ² Ρ‡Π΅Ρ‚Π²Π΅Ρ€Ρ‚ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ возраста, слСды сильного плавлСния ΠΌΠ°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΈΠ°Π»Π° ΠΏΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠ΄ (расплав ΠΏΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹ ΠΈ Ρ€Π°Π·Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½Ρ‹Π΅ остСклСнСния), ΡƒΠ΄Π°Ρ€Π½ΠΎ-мСтаморфичСских эффСктов ΠΈ гСофизичСских Π°Π½ΠΎΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΈΠΉ. Π£Π΄Π°Ρ€Π½Ρ‹Π΅ воздСйствия ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ‚Π²Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠ΄Π°ΡŽΡ‚ΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹ΠΌ появлСниСм мСталличСских, остСклСнСнных частиц ΠΈ ΡƒΠ³Π»Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄Π°, Π°ΠΊΠΊΡ€Π΅Ρ†ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π»Π°ΠΏΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈΠΉ ΠΈ странным ΠΌΠ°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΈΠ°Π»ΠΎΠΌ Π² Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΠ΅ силицидов ΠΆΠ΅Π»Π΅Π·Π°, Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΈΡ… ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ gupeiite ΠΈ xifengite, Π° Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Ρ€Π°Π·Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½Ρ‹Ρ… сплавов, Π½Π°ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ€ moissanite SiC. ΠšΡ€ΡƒΠΏΠ½Π΅ΠΉΡˆΠΈΠΌ ΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π°Π·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Π² ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ являСтся ΠΎΠ·Π΅Ρ€ΠΎ Π’ΡŽΡ‚Π΅Π½Π·Π΅Π΅ с Π²ΠΎΡΡŒΠΌΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ²Ρ‹ΠΌ ΠΊΡ€Π°Π΅Π²Ρ‹ΠΌ Π²Π°Π»ΠΎΠΌ Π΄ΠΈΠ°ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ 600 ΠΌ, с Π³Π»ΡƒΠ±ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π²ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹ ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ 30 ΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΎΠ±ΡˆΠΈΡ€Π½Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ отлоТСниями ΠΈΠΌΠΏΠ°ΠΊΡ‚Π½Ρ‹Ρ… выбросов. ЀизичСскиС ΠΈ архСологичСскиС ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΡΡ‚Π²Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΡŽΡ‚ ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ Π½Π°ΠΈΠ±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ Π²Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΡΡ‚Π½ΡƒΡŽ Π΄Π°Ρ‚ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΊΡƒ события ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρƒ 1300 ΠΈ 300 Π³Π³. Π΄ΠΎ Π½.э. ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Ρ Π²ΠΎ Π²Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΎΠ±ΡˆΠΈΡ€Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ разброса, ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ ΠΈΠΌΠΏΠ°ΠΊΡ‚ΠΎΡ€ Π±Ρ‹Π» Π½ΠΈΠ·ΠΊΠΎΠΉ плотности, Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ, рыхлосвязанный астСроид ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Π°, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²Π΅Ρ€Π³ΡˆΠΈΠ΅ΡΡ Π΄Π΅Ρ„Ρ€Π°Π³ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Π°Ρ†ΠΈΠΈ Π² процСссС падСния, учитывая ΠΎΠ±ΡˆΠΈΡ€Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ разброса

    The Chiemgau Crater Strewn Field: Evidence of a Holocene Large Impact Event in Southeast Bavaria, Germany

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    The Chiemgau strewn field in the Alpine Foreland discovered in the early new millennium comprises more than 80 mostly rimmed craters in a roughly elliptically shaped area with axes of about 60 km and 30 km. The crater diameters range between a few meters and a few hundred meters. Geologically, the craters occur in Pleistocene moraine and fluvio-glacial sediments. The craters and surrounding areas so far investigated in more detail are featuring heavy deformations of the Quaternary cobbles and boulders, abundant fused rock material (impact melt rocks and various glasses), shock-metamorphic effects, and geophysical anomalies. The impact is substantiated by the abundant occurrence of metallic, glass and carbon spherules, accretionary lapilli, and of strange matter in the form of iron silicides like gupeiite and xifengite, and various carbides like, e.g., moissanite SiC. The hitherto established largest crater of the strewn field is Lake TΓΌttensee exhibiting an 8 m-height rim wall, a rim-to-rim diameter of about 600 m, a depth of roughly 30 m and an extensive ejecta blanket. Physical and archeological dating confine the impact event to have happened most probably between 1300 and 300 B.C. The impactor is suggested to have been a low-density disintegrated, loosely bound asteroid or a disintegrated comet in order to account for the extensive strewn field.ΠšΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ Π§ΠΈΠΌΠ³Π°Ρƒ Π² Альпийском ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄Π³ΠΎΡ€ΡŒΠ΅ ΠΎΠ±Π½Π°Ρ€ΡƒΠΆΠ΅Π½ΠΎ Π² Π½Π°Ρ‡Π°Π»Π΅ Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ тысячСлСтия; ΠΎΠ½ΠΎ состоит ΠΈΠ· Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ Ρ‡Π΅ΠΌ 80 ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ², рассСянных Π² области ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ€Π½ΠΎ эллиптичСской Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΡ‹ с осями ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ 30 ΠΈ 60 ΠΊΠΌ. Π”ΠΈΠ°ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ² колСблСтся ΠΎΡ‚ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠΊΠΈΡ… ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ² Π΄ΠΎ Π½Π΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠΊΠΈΡ… сот ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ². ГСологичСски ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Ρ‹ ΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π°Π·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Ρ‹ Π² плСйстоцСновых Ρ€Π΅Ρ‡Π½Ρ‹Ρ… ΠΌΠΎΡ€Π΅Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π»Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²Ρ‹Ρ… отлоТСниях. ΠšΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Ρ‹ ΠΈ Π΄Π΅Ρ‚Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎ исслСдованныС ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ»Π΅Π³Π°ΡŽΡ‰ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΊ Π½ΠΈΠΌ Ρ€Π°ΠΉΠΎΠ½Ρ‹ Π΄Π΅ΠΌΠΎΠ½ΡΡ‚Ρ€ΠΈΡ€ΡƒΡŽΡ‚ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ·Π½Π°ΠΊΠΈ ΡΠΈΠ»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… ΡƒΠ΄Π°Ρ€Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π΄Π΅Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΠ°Ρ†ΠΈΠΉ гальки ΠΈ Π²Π°Π»ΡƒΠ½ΠΎΠ² Ρ‡Π΅Ρ‚Π²Π΅Ρ€Ρ‚ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ возраста, слСды сильного плавлСния ΠΌΠ°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΈΠ°Π»Π° ΠΏΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠ΄ (расплав ΠΏΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹ ΠΈ Ρ€Π°Π·Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½Ρ‹Π΅ остСклСнСния), ΡƒΠ΄Π°Ρ€Π½ΠΎ-мСтаморфичСских эффСктов ΠΈ гСофизичСских Π°Π½ΠΎΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΈΠΉ. Π£Π΄Π°Ρ€Π½Ρ‹Π΅ воздСйствия ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Ρ‚Π²Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠ΄Π°ΡŽΡ‚ΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹ΠΌ появлСниСм мСталличСских, остСклСнСнных частиц ΠΈ ΡƒΠ³Π»Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄Π°, Π°ΠΊΠΊΡ€Π΅Ρ†ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π»Π°ΠΏΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈΠΉ ΠΈ странным ΠΌΠ°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΈΠ°Π»ΠΎΠΌ Π² Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΠ΅ силицидов ΠΆΠ΅Π»Π΅Π·Π°, Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΈΡ… ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ gupeiite ΠΈ xifengite, Π° Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΆΠ΅ Ρ€Π°Π·Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½Ρ‹Ρ… сплавов, Π½Π°ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ€ moissanite SiC. ΠšΡ€ΡƒΠΏΠ½Π΅ΠΉΡˆΠΈΠΌ ΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π°Π·ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Π² ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ являСтся ΠΎΠ·Π΅Ρ€ΠΎ Π’ΡŽΡ‚Π΅Π½Π·Π΅Π΅ с Π²ΠΎΡΡŒΠΌΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ²Ρ‹ΠΌ ΠΊΡ€Π°Π΅Π²Ρ‹ΠΌ Π²Π°Π»ΠΎΠΌ Π΄ΠΈΠ°ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠΌ ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ 600 ΠΌ, с Π³Π»ΡƒΠ±ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Π²ΠΎΠ΄Ρ‹ ΠΎΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎ 30 ΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΎΠ±ΡˆΠΈΡ€Π½Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ отлоТСниями ΠΈΠΌΠΏΠ°ΠΊΡ‚Π½Ρ‹Ρ… выбросов. ЀизичСскиС ΠΈ архСологичСскиС ΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΡΡ‚Π²Π° ΠΏΠΎΠ·Π²ΠΎΠ»ΡΡŽΡ‚ ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ Π½Π°ΠΈΠ±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ Π²Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΡΡ‚Π½ΡƒΡŽ Π΄Π°Ρ‚ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΊΡƒ события ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρƒ 1300 ΠΈ 300 Π³Π³. Π΄ΠΎ Π½.э. ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Ρ Π²ΠΎ Π²Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΎΠ±ΡˆΠΈΡ€Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ разброса, ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ ΠΈΠΌΠΏΠ°ΠΊΡ‚ΠΎΡ€ Π±Ρ‹Π» Π½ΠΈΠ·ΠΊΠΎΠΉ плотности, Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ, рыхлосвязанный астСроид ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Π°, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π²Π΅Ρ€Π³ΡˆΠΈΠ΅ΡΡ Π΄Π΅Ρ„Ρ€Π°Π³ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Π°Ρ†ΠΈΠΈ Π² процСссС падСния, учитывая ΠΎΠ±ΡˆΠΈΡ€Π½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π΅ разброса
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