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Studia mythologica Slavica

ZBORNIK INSTITUTA ZA ARHEOLOGIJU SERTA INSTITUTI ARCHAEOLOGICI KNJIGA VOLUME 10 Sacralization of Landscape and Sacred Places, 2018

The aim of the paper is to examine whether the distribution of the sacred sites in the Zaprešić a... more The aim of the paper is to examine whether the distribution of the sacred sites in the Zaprešić area indicates a pattern that significantly
deviates from a completely random distribution. The mythical landscape of Zaprešić is in paper interpreted and territorially defined based
on the model shown on the Zbruch idol. The analysis assumes continuity of pre-Christian sacred sites, meaning that they were later
replaced by the churches or chapels. The key assumption is that the Old Slavs often aligned sacred sites along the directions that had
specific astronomical significances associated primarily with the sunrise or sunset angles. In the study area, the sunrise and sunset directions
on specific dates (solstice, equinox, the feast of St. George) defined by the alignment of at least two sites are detected. After that, the
distribution of distances between sacred sites is analysed to test the assumption that the Old Slavs were set up them at the intervals that
were multiples of a certain standard length. For every mathematical method, the degree to which the observed spatial structures may
be interpreted as deliberate regarding sacralization of the landscape is examined.

The article proposes identification of a Croatian ζουπανία (zupania, district) called τὰ Ἤμοτα (I... more The article proposes identification of a Croatian ζουπανία (zupania, district) called τὰ Ἤμοτα (Imota), which appears in the chapter 30 of the DAI, with a place south of Banja Luka called Aemate or Lamatis and with the Roman age Maezaeian community of the same name [Ae]matinos or [La]matinos.

Stonehenge Triangle, Nov 2013

This paper describes a sacred triangle in a landscape of prehistoric England that was constructed... more This paper describes a sacred triangle in a landscape of prehistoric England that was constructed around 2400 BC. The triangle consists of three henges: Stonehenge, Woodhenge and Bluestonehenge. In form it is a right isosceles triangle lined in respect to E-W and N-S lines.

Studia mythologica Slavica XII, 2009

This is a translation of the article published in Croatian in Studia mythologica Slavica XII in 2... more This is a translation of the article published in Croatian in Studia mythologica Slavica XII in 2009 (the pages 223-247) http://sms.zrc-sazu.si/pdf/12/SMS_12_Dermek.pdf

Sustav svetišta oko Babožnice, 2010

This is a translation of the article published in Croatian in Studia mythologica Slavica XIII fro... more This is a translation of the article published in Croatian in Studia mythologica Slavica XIII from 2010 (the pages 75-86) http://sms.zrc-sazu.si/pdf/13/SMS_13_06_Dermek.pdf

Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems , Jun 2012

Considerable amount of interpreted data indicates that the ancient Slavs positioned their sacred ... more Considerable amount of interpreted data indicates that the ancient Slavs positioned their sacred sites in a way which refers to characteristic Sun angles. The article addresses the question whether distances among such sites are based on a common unit of length. In particular, this article tackles that question applying the mathematical formalism on the following two assumptions: (i) the absolute value of a distance between sacred sites was significant to the pre-Christian Slavic priests, along with the angles between lines connecting pairs of sites; (ii) the distances were prevalently measured utilising the projections of isosceles right triangle on the horizontal plane, with the exceptions of flat grounds for which the distances were measured by walk. That assumption follows from the frequent occurrence of ratio 1:√2 in the analysed sacred sites. Based on the two stated assumptions the attempts are done to find the best possible length modules by using the probability distribution method of arithmetic sequences. The main property of length modules which are the least probable to appear by mere chance is that they account for as many as possible of distances from the analysed set of distances. The stated method is applied on numerous sacred systems described in literature. The result is that several common modules are extracted. The modules are subsequently correlated with the modules extracted in my recent article using the novel method which extracts the optimal common sub-module. Value of the length module thereby obtained is 30,9 m. It has 60 sub-units 0,515 m long (a cubit) and 100 sub-units 0.309 m long (a foot). Multiples of 100 or 365 sub-units, respectively, are regularly encountered in the analysed set of sacred sites in the form of sub-harmonics of the observed distances. One may argue that results of the analysis of the distances contributed to the fact that the ancient Slavs were giving a lot of attention to a solar calendar and accurate determination of the time of a year.

Conference Presentations by Anđelko Đermek

3rd International Conference of Medieval Archeology Sacralization of Landscape and Sacred Places