マグネトメーターによる,ラ・ヴェンタピラミッド内の構造物の証拠
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 13, 1970
まとめ
ラ・ヴェンタ・ピラミッドの磁気調査により,磁気高が著しく上昇し,埋もれた玄武岩の構造を示している可能性が高いことが明らかになった. この発見は,壁のある潜在的なプラットフォームを示唆し,ピラミッドの建設に関する新しい洞察を提供します.
科学分野:
- 考古学地質物理学 考古学地質物理学
- 地質物理測量調査.
- メソアメリカン考古学
背景:
- メキシコのタバスコにあるラ・ヴェンタピラミッドは,コロンブス以前の重要な遺跡です.
- 考古学遺跡の地下構造を理解することは,保存と解釈にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- ラ・ヴェンタピラミッドの地下磁気特性を調査するために.
- 地質物理的な方法を使用して,潜在的に埋もれた構造物を特定します.
主な方法:
- 1969年5月に磁気調査のために高感度差分磁気計が使用されました.
- 磁気データを分析し,コンピュータで計算した3次元モデルの異常を用いて解釈した.
主要な成果:
- 磁気地図は,表面地形と相関する低放射異常を示した.
- ピラミッドの中心から南に25メートル,東に10メートル,顕著な磁気高 (+30ガンマ) が検出されました.
- 異常は,地表の1-2メートル下に埋もれた玄武岩構造を示唆しています.
結論:
- 磁気の高度は,埋もれた玄武岩構造と関連している可能性が高い.
- この構造の可能な形は,北と東の壁を持つ10平方メートルの水平プラットフォームです.
- 地質物理学的方法は,ラ・ヴェンタのような考古学遺跡の隠れた特徴を効果的に明らかにすることができます.
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