Talk:Geoglyph
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[edit] "Pictureglyph"?
This word appears to be a neologism. Googling "pictureglyph" only brings up links to this page, or clones of it. The word "Pictoglyph" exists: could it be applied to this subject?SiGarb 15:13, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] A query
This last line of the section quoted below is unclear.
"This Geoglyph is derived from a 6000 year old pictureglyph known as “El Señor de los Báculos” located in the Rio Loa area near Calama, Chile.
The Geoglyph is located at an altitude of 2469 metres (8100 feet) above sea level – It is located on the Llano de la Pacienia (Plain of Patience), 13 kilometres from the town of San Pedro.
The stone walls forming this geoglyph are 1200 metres (3936 feet) in length.
This image forms part of the pastoral cosmology. The sun cuts across this pictureglyph at the solstice."
Whose pastoral cosmology? Does the final sentence refer to the new geoglyph, or the old "pictureglyph"? Which solstice, summer or winter? And "cuts across" in what way (does the sun never shine directly on it at any other time)?SiGarb 15:13, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
