FourWinds wrote: Paulus wrote: On the whole though, such alignments don't seem intentional.
the obvious animistic worldview underscoring the psychologies (and thence, reasons) of those who carved these stones
You can't have it both ways. How can you say that a physically observable alignment does not 'seem intentional' and then talk about something subjective as being 'obvious'?
Because I know what I'm talking about. Simple as. A bit like you saying:
"Every site has to be assessed on its own merits. If, once you've considered every site, there is a pattern then you have a general theory. If there isn't a pattern to particular aspects this does not make the observations at each site invalid - it just means there's no pattern in the data you've collected. You may get local patterns amongst monument types that are global."
To which I'd say, 'Well done - you're getting there."
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