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The Mathematics of the Viereckschanzen of the La Tène Culture
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The development of script-using ancient civilizations and their achievements in sciences such as astronomy and mathematics have been well researched. Illiterate cultures were able to attain an adequate level of knowledge and transferred this knowledge to succeeding generations via oral tradition and mnemonic artefacts. The constructions of the square ditched enclosures (Viereckschanzen) of the last phase of the La Tène period (LT D, 150-1 BC) are documentations of the mathematical knowledge of this culture and served as a kind of mnemonic artefact. The constructions comprise the application of Pythagorean theorem (in terms of Pythagorean triangles) and square-root approximation triangles. Via these types of triangles, convex quadrangles are constructed (i.e., trapezium, parallelogram, rectangle, kite, lozenge, and square). The constructions were laid out in the terrain on the basis of a consistent ‘Babylonian/Egyptian’ metrology.
The Mathematics of the Viereckschanzen of the La Tène Culture
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0604-0305
The development of script-using ancient civilizations and their achievements in sciences such as astronomy and mathematics have been well researched. Illiterate cultures were able to attain an adequate level of knowledge and transferred this knowledge to succeeding generations via oral tradition and mnemonic artefacts. The constructions of the square ditched enclosures (Viereckschanzen) of the last phase of the La Tène period (LT D, 150-1 BC) are documentations of the mathematical knowledge of this culture and served as a kind of mnemonic artefact. The constructions comprise the application of Pythagorean theorem (in terms of Pythagorean triangles) and square-root approximation triangles. Via these types of triangles, convex quadrangles are constructed (i.e., trapezium, parallelogram, rectangle, kite, lozenge, and square). The constructions were laid out in the terrain on the basis of a consistent ‘Babylonian/Egyptian’ metrology.
The Mathematics of the Viereckschanzen of the La Tène Culture
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0604-0305
The development of script-using ancient civilizations and their achievements in sciences such as astronomy and mathematics have been well researched. Illiterate cultures were able to attain an adequate level of knowledge and transferred this knowledge to succeeding generations via oral tradition and mnemonic artefacts. The constructions of the square ditched enclosures (Viereckschanzen) of the last phase of the La Tène period (LT D, 150-1 BC) are documentations of the mathematical knowledge of this culture and served as a kind of mnemonic artefact. The constructions comprise the application of Pythagorean theorem (in terms of Pythagorean triangles) and square-root approximation triangles. Via these types of triangles, convex quadrangles are constructed (i.e., trapezium, parallelogram, rectangle, kite, lozenge, and square). The constructions were laid out in the terrain on the basis of a consistent ‘Babylonian/Egyptian’ metrology.
The Mathematics of the Viereckschanzen of the La Tène Culture
Nexus Netw J
Kainzinger, Albert (author)
Nexus Network Journal ; 23 ; 337-393
2021-06-01
57 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Square ditched enclosures , Viereckschanzen , La Tène culture , Ancient mathematics , Pythagorean theorem , Square root approximations , Ancient metrology Mathematics , Mathematics, general , History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics , Popular Science, general , History, general , Mathematics and Statistics
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