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In a previous Earth/matriX essay on the geometry of ancient sites, the concept of a distance “baseline” was employed to analyze patterns among ancient sites around the world.The ancient sites of Middle America demonstrate a similar practice of employing baselines for the placement of the ancient monumental sites. In this brief introduction to their study, a few patterns of the baselines are illustrated. An extensive study of the relational distance patterns shall be forthcoming shortly. For now, the theme is being introduced in an abbreviated manner.
There are far too many relationships among the ancient sites of Middle America to point out each one in this brief introduction. The illustration here shows the baseline distance between the ancient sites of Bonampak and Palenque, Mexico.The baseline distance is then compared to other ancient sites as shown in the various circles marked off from selected sites.The potential of the analytical approach based on distance baselines among the ancient sites concerns the possibility of discovering ancient sites along the relevant distance lines possibly heretofore unknown.
It is worthwhileto contemplatethe patterns of symmetric placement of the ancient sites against the wandering, random path taken by Hernán Cortéz and his Sixteenth Century Conquistadores.
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They knew not amongst whom they wandered.
Source: Archaeological Map of Middle America, National Geographic Society, 1968.