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| Title |
The Astronomical Orientation of Ancient Greek Temples
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007903 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alun M. Salt |
| Abstract |
Despite its appearing to be a simple question to answer, there has been no consensus as to whether or not the alignments of ancient Greek temples reflect astronomical intentions. Here I present the results of a survey of archaic and classical Greek temples in Sicily and compare them with temples in Greece. Using a binomial test I show strong evidence that there is a preference for solar orientations. I then speculate that differences in alignment patterns between Sicily and Greece reflect differing pressures in the expression of ethnic identity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 32 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 31 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 7 | 22% |
| Professor | 4 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 28% |
| Unknown | 4 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 14 | 44% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Linguistics | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 16% |
| Unknown | 5 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 62. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 July 2017.
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#642,820
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#8,825
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#2,146
of 173,821 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#23
of 554 outputs
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