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There are at least 15 alignments with two or more of the panel figures simultaneously over
a period of five hours and three different shadow systems. The first alignment at 9:55 AM
(Figure 12a) bisects the left circle, is tangent to the center black circle, and a curving jog in the
shadow exactly matches the curve of the larger circle. At the same time, the shadow touches the
back of the bison and the top of the head of the smaller figure.
Since the panel is faded and badly vandalized, we used a 1934 sketch by Forrest Kirkan
(Figure 12b, Newcomb 1967) to illustrate the alignments. In Figure 13, the shadows al ' admcd
Kirkland's sketch along with the times of occurrences.
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Preston, Robert A. and Ann L. Preston
1983 Evidence for Calendric Function at 19 Prehistoric Sites in Arizona IN: Astronomy and
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1983 Anticipation in Ceremony IN: Astronomy and Ceremony in the Prehistoric Southwest,
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