On the orientation of Roman towns in Italy (2007) [pdf](arxiv.org)
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On the orientation of Roman towns in Italy (2007) [pdf]
http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0703/0703213.pdf
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Nice job collecting the data, but paper could have benefited from a map of the towns with a legend that shows the orientation of the towns.
The author discusses clusters of towns with orientations, but as a non-subject matter expert I struggled to follow the trends that may be suggested.
Paper is also incomplete in that the table on the final page doesn't have headings. I hope the published version in 2008 had it, but it's under-paywall and doesn't appear on the Authors webpage.
The author discusses clusters of towns with orientations, but as a non-subject matter expert I struggled to follow the trends that may be suggested.
Paper is also incomplete in that the table on the final page doesn't have headings. I hope the published version in 2008 had it, but it's under-paywall and doesn't appear on the Authors webpage.
If ever a paper needed a proper appendix its this one.
As a minimum I'd want to see the orientation of the town against it's topographical features and the orientation of the Roman roads connecting the town with its neighbours which would seem like the obvious alternate hypotheses to explain towns' orientations.
As a minimum I'd want to see the orientation of the town against it's topographical features and the orientation of the Roman roads connecting the town with its neighbours which would seem like the obvious alternate hypotheses to explain towns' orientations.
> I hope the published version in 2008 had it
The published version has headings: Latitude, Latin name, Modern name and date of Roman foundation, Axis, Amplitude at solstice, Published research. Still no map, though.
The published version has headings: Latitude, Latin name, Modern name and date of Roman foundation, Axis, Amplitude at solstice, Published research. Still no map, though.
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0703213