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    "abstract": "Within this project, funded by the Excellence Cluster Topoi, we intend to expand a previous research project that dealt with the spatial and visual characteristics of circular enclosures of the early 5th millennium BC in Germany. Based on high-resolution digital elevation models, areas possibly orientated towards topographical and astronomical features were systematically investigated using GIS-based viewsheds and computed skyscapes and a self-developed Python based routine that incorporates the visible horizon as seen from the enclosure.",
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        "Skyscape archaeology",
        "History of astronomy"
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        "Gordon Fischer, Gerd Gra\u00dfhoff, Christina Michel, Wolfram Schier"
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            "Based on high-resolution digital elevation models, areas possibly orientated towards topographical and astronomical features were systematically investigated using GIS-based viewsheds and computed skyscapes and a self-developed Python based routine that incorporates the visible horizon as seen from the enclosure. The repository presented here is comprised of a database of all circular enclosures under investigation. The database entries include the coordinates and a thorough description of each enclosure. Additionally, several resources \u2013 such as skyline and viewshed maps, files of input parameters and plots of astronomical features \u2013 are deposited. "
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            "http:\/\/www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de\/e\/praehist\/forschungsprojekte\/Aktuelle_Forschungsprojekte\/Gebautes_Wissen\/index.html",
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                    "Christina Michel, Gordon Fischer"
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                    "Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin, Freie Universtit\u00e4t Berlin, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"
                ],
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                    "Subject",
                    "101 Ancient Cultures, 102 History"
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                    "Subject Scheme",
                    "DFG"
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            ]
        },
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                    "2018-18-04"
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                    "Last Update",
                    "2019-05-17"
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    "institutions": [
        "Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin",
        "Freie Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin",
        "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"
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    "description": "<p>The here presented ever-expanding repository comprises a database of all circular enclosures under investigation. The database entries include the coordinates and a thorough description of each enclosure. Additionally, several resources like skyline and viewshed maps, files of input parameters and plots of astronomical features are deposited.<p>\n\n<p><b>The following abbreviation are used:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ri = Rising<\/p>\n<p>Se = Setting<\/p>\n<p>WiSo = Winter Solstice<\/p>\n<p>SuSo = Summer Solstice<\/p>\n<p>Ss = Sunset<\/p>\n<p>Sr = Sunrise<\/p>\n<p>AutEq = Autumnal Equinox<\/p>\n<p>SpEq = Spring Equinox<\/p>\n<p>asl = above sea level<\/p>",
    "title": "The Kreisgraben-Phenomenon",
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    "filter": {
        "subject": [
            "Prehistory",
            "Archaeology",
            "Astronomy"
        ],
        "geolocation": [
            "Middle Europe"
        ],
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            "Images",
            "Analysis",
            "Data"
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        "period": [
            "Prehistory"
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        "name": "Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE",
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    "additional_information_text": "<p>LITERSKI\/NEBELSICK 2012: N. Literski u. L. D. Nebelsick, Katalog der Kreisgrabenanlagen und verwandten Tells der ersten H\u00e4lfte des 5. Jt. v. Chr. in Mittel- und S\u00fcdosteuropa. In: F. Bertemes u. H. Meller (Hrsg.), Neolithische Kreisgrabenanlagen in Europa. Internationale Arbeitstagung vom 7. bis 9. Mai in Goseck. Tagungen des Landesmuseums f\u00fcr Vorgeschichte Halle 8 (2012) 433-532.<\/p>\n<p>MICHEL\/HOFMANN\/SCHIER 2016: C. Michel, S. M. Hofmann and W. Schier, Built Knowledge-Spatial Patterns and Viewsheds of Middle Neolithic circular enclosures in the Northern Foreland of the Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In: Bridging the Gap \u2013 Integrated Approaches in Landscape Archaeology, eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies, Special Volume 4, 2015 (2016), 139\u2013161.<\/p>\n<p>SCHIER\/SCHMIDT-KALER 2008: W. Schier (mit einem Beitrag von Th. Schmidt-Kaler), Zur astronomischen Orientierung der mittelneolithischen Kreisgrabenanlage von Ippesheim, Mittelfranken. Acta Praehistorica et Archaeologica 40, 2008, 45-55.<\/p>",
    "doi": "10.17171\/2-9"
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