Directional Structure in the Global Monumental Site Network A Statistical Reframing of the Richat Geodesic Hypothesis Archive
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| contents | <p>Previous work proposed the Richat Structure (21.13 N, 11.40 W) as<br>a geodesic origin point for a predictive framework mapping<br>ancient monumental sites as a polar spoke wheel. Initial Monte<br>Carlo testing (10,000 iterations) supported this framing:<br>Richat-centered bearing clustering was statistically significant<br>against both global-uniform and latitude-matched null models (p<br>= 0.011, latitude-matched). However, an alternative-hub<br>comparison test (5,000 random hub points) revealed that Richat<br>ranks at only the 65th percentile for maximum bearing cluster<br>size, with approximately 43% of arbitrary hub points producing<br>equal or greater clustering for the same site set. This result does<br>not support the claim that Richat is a uniquely privileged<br>geodesic hub. A subsequent inter-site bearing network analysis<br>of all 2,652 directed pairwise bearings among the 52 sites found<br>that the site set itself exhibits statistically significant directional<br>concentration: folded mean resultant length R-bar = 0.711 (p =<br>0.0004 vs. latitude-matched null, survives Bonferroni correction).<br>Cross-region analysis (R-bar = 0.732) confirms the signal is<br>inter-regional, not inflated by local site proximity. The surviving<br>statistically meaningful result is therefore statistically<br>significant directional structure within the monumental site<br>network, not centrality relative to any single hub. Whether this<br>structure reflects continental-scale geography or a deeper<br>organising principle in monumental placement remains an open<br>question.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Directional Structure in the Global Monumental Site Network A Statistical Reframing of the Richat Geodesic Hypothesis Archive Ceisiwr, Erydir Aureon, Lumos Richat Richat Structure geodesy predictive archaeology archaeoastronomy ancient monuments monumental sites site network Social Network Analysis directional geometry bearing analysis circular data folded R-bar Rayleigh test Monte Carlo Method Monte Carlo null model alternative hub spatial statistics geospatial framework Archaeology Archaeology Archaeology Archaeology/history Marine archaeology Underwater archaeology Archaeology/instrumentation History and archaeology Archaeology/statistics & numerical data archaeology paleogeography candidate zones inter-site bearings Earth geometry research archive Python scripts satellite analysis statistical testing global archaeology Awen Grid Recursive Harmonic Codex <p>Previous work proposed the Richat Structure (21.13 N, 11.40 W) as<br>a geodesic origin point for a predictive framework mapping<br>ancient monumental sites as a polar spoke wheel. Initial Monte<br>Carlo testing (10,000 iterations) supported this framing:<br>Richat-centered bearing clustering was statistically significant<br>against both global-uniform and latitude-matched null models (p<br>= 0.011, latitude-matched). However, an alternative-hub<br>comparison test (5,000 random hub points) revealed that Richat<br>ranks at only the 65th percentile for maximum bearing cluster<br>size, with approximately 43% of arbitrary hub points producing<br>equal or greater clustering for the same site set. This result does<br>not support the claim that Richat is a uniquely privileged<br>geodesic hub. A subsequent inter-site bearing network analysis<br>of all 2,652 directed pairwise bearings among the 52 sites found<br>that the site set itself exhibits statistically significant directional<br>concentration: folded mean resultant length R-bar = 0.711 (p =<br>0.0004 vs. latitude-matched null, survives Bonferroni correction).<br>Cross-region analysis (R-bar = 0.732) confirms the signal is<br>inter-regional, not inflated by local site proximity. The surviving<br>statistically meaningful result is therefore statistically<br>significant directional structure within the monumental site<br>network, not centrality relative to any single hub. Whether this<br>structure reflects continental-scale geography or a deeper<br>organising principle in monumental placement remains an open<br>question.</p> |
| title | Directional Structure in the Global Monumental Site Network A Statistical Reframing of the Richat Geodesic Hypothesis Archive |
| topic | Richat Richat Structure geodesy predictive archaeology archaeoastronomy ancient monuments monumental sites site network Social Network Analysis directional geometry bearing analysis circular data folded R-bar Rayleigh test Monte Carlo Method Monte Carlo null model alternative hub spatial statistics geospatial framework Archaeology Archaeology Archaeology Archaeology/history Marine archaeology Underwater archaeology Archaeology/instrumentation History and archaeology Archaeology/statistics & numerical data archaeology paleogeography candidate zones inter-site bearings Earth geometry research archive Python scripts satellite analysis statistical testing global archaeology Awen Grid Recursive Harmonic Codex |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19273040 |