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Misalignment of New Build

11 January 2020
Archaeology

An interesting study at https://phys.org/news/2020-01-counterclockwise-puzzle-early-neolithic-ho… … Early Neolithic house plans in central and eastern Europe appear to display small changes in orientation and this has puzzled archaeologists. They were picked up by geophysical magnetic measurements. In a new study they are said to be due to 'pseudo-neglect' – on the observation that healthy people prefer their left visual field rather than the right. They are inclined to divide a line regularly left of centre.

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