2015/08/27 by Larisa Vodolazhskaya, Larisa N. Vodolazhskaya, Anatoliy N. Usachuk +4
Arts and Humanities · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Historical Astronomy and Related Studies #Historical and Architectural Studies #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #physics.hist-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1509.00134
arXiv admin note: formerly part of arXiv:1504.03905v1
arxiv created 2015/08/27 · openalex publication_date 2015/08/27 · arxiv updated 2015/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The article presents the results of interdisciplinary research made with the help of archaeological, physical and astronomical methods. The aim of the study were analysis and interpretation corolla marks of the vessel of the Late Bronze Age, belonging to Srubna culture and which was found near the Staropetrovsky village in the northeast of the Donetsk region (Central Donbass). Performed calculations and measurements revealed that the marks on the corolla of Staropetrovsky vessel are marking of horizontal sundial with a sloping gnomon. Several marks on the corolla of the vessel have star shape. Astronomical calculations show that their position on the corolla, as on "dial" of watch, indicates the time of qualitative change the visibility of Sirius in the day its heliacal rising and the next few days in the Late Bronze Age at the latitude of detection of Staropetrovsky vessel. Published in the article the results of astronomical calculations allow to state that astronomical year in the Srubna tradition began with a day of heliacal rising of Sirius. Vessel, corolla, marks, sundial, gnomon, Srubna culture, heliacal rising, Sirius, archaeoastronomy