I spend several hours a day using sophisticsted GIS and 3-D technical graphics and spatial analysis software (some of which I wrote myself) on archaeological and cartographic data, and, for some reason, I find these Latvian graphic representations to be vaguely dissatisfying.
Boy, would I love to have the opportunity to work with these folks' raw data -- to see what computer-aided visualizations I could come up with! I can already visualize this site in 3-D animation; what a CG movie it would make!
Having said all that, I must admit that those early Egyptians were some very clever, imaginative -- and devious -- folk!! Assuming that the Latvians' analyses are accurate, that site is loaded with amazingly innovative design elements!
To put those Egyptians' sophistication in perspective, at the time they were building this complex masterpiece, folks on this continent were still using large stone dart points and atlatls and chasing after big game critters...
Good find! Thanks for posting it!
Yes, they seem quite primative, but perhaps they're just not show-offs. We're used to everything being glitzed up for marketing.
drop them a note an ask them for a copy of the raw data.
lots of times folks are amazed that someone out there is reading their stuff and
they take it as a compliment!