Pannels with hemicycles in Northumberland (UK)
The hemicycle (or horse-shoe) seems to be present, at different levels, in prehistoric carvings, buildings and landscapes.
Differently from the topographic model, which accepts the idea that some rock art motifs are like plans or maps of buildings or field limits
See http://www.rupestre.net/alps/img/fontmapp.jpg
http://www.rupestre.net/alps/img/fontmapp.jpg
http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/Projects/Chip/Chip212.htm
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521524247http://www.uf.uni-erlangen.de/felskunst/rockarch.html
we sugest that rock art motifs, buildings and specific features on the landscape, were conceived as different scales to materialize abstract symbols.
The hemicycle in the landscape is, like the bends of the rivers/serpents, often connected with important ritual prehistoric sites.
The hemicycle, open to SE, connected with the Almendres
megalithic enclosure (Alvim, 2006)
The hemicycle related with the Carnac/Locmariaquer monuments
The hemicycle (green) centering the Xerez megalithic enclosure
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