Purple open and closed circles represent cupmarks.Whereas the open purple circles each correspond with a specific star in this section of the sky, the closed purple circles represent cupmarks which do not have a material astronomical equivalent in the form of a fixed star. Light-blue filled circles represent stars, while narrow red lines connect a cupmark (shown in position as on block XVI) with the corresponding star (shown in actual position as in the sky at 31,000 BP, precession and proper motion taken into account, as specified in Table 9); the green broken lines h1-h4 are the roughly parallel grooves which appear on the La Ferrassie stone itself, and which Peyrony and later writers including Leroi-Gourhan have taken to represent extremities of animals; the possible astronomical significance of these lines will be discussed below.
page last modified: 04-04-00 21:03:29