PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ANS REFLECTIONS

My aim is to astronomically decode this site solely based on the information con-tained in André Müller's research work. Hence, I would like to make a number of remarks in this respect before proceeding:
1- The work contains no information on the position of the main witnesses in the circles, a factor which helps enormously when it comes to astronomically decoding the psc.
2- On studying drawing 1 it would seem that certain areas have a much higher con-centration of graves and incineration remains, among which I would point out, according to the names assigned by André Müller:
a- The border of the triangle formed by circles A -grid's map: F-G, I, as hence-forth- and K -F-G, III- and circle 120 -B-C, III-.
b- The area south of circles 166 -I, IV-, 161 -H, VI-VII-, 155 -G-H, VI-VII-, 153 -G, VII- and 195 -E-F, VI-VII-, and to the north of circles 81 -H, IX-, 105 -G, IX-, 111 -E-F, VIII- and 114 -E, VIII-IX-.
c- The ditches corresponding to structures 185 -D-E, VII-VIII- and 172 -D, VIII-IX-.
3- To the south, not too far apart from one another, several circles of an average and large diameter -5-10 metres- therefore corresponding to stars of a 2nd or 1st magnitude.
4- In this southern part, from N to S, the circles with a diameter of almost 10 metres, therefore corresponding to stars of the 1st magnitude, are as follows:
Circle 147 -G, V-VI-, measuring 10.8 metres in diameter.
Circle 195 -E-F, VI-VII-, measuring 7.5 metres in diameter.
Circle 111 -E-F, VIII-, measuring 9 metres in diameter.
Circle 81 -H, IX-, measuring 8 metres in diameter.
Circle 96 -F, X-, measuring 8.5 metres in diameter.
From the general drawings, those specifically related to circle 96 -F, X-, 'planche 58', and that stated in the text, I can deduce that this circle may have had a different diame-ter, p. 71: "La fouille semble montrer qu'il y a lieu de croire à un certain nombre de rema-niements modernes ...".
5- These circles only match stars in a relatively small, but often repeated part of the sky when it comes to the psc, i.e. the ecliptic stretch crossing the Milky Way from Taurus to Gemini, stretching northwards to Auriga, southwards as far as Sirius, eastwards to Aries and westwards as far as Cancer. However, the numerous stars of a 1st magnitude in the area mean that Arihouat should have a similar number of large-diameter stars in its southern area to match them.
6- There is no logical explanation for this within the proven psc principles already stated in my numerous studies except for the supposition, as an initial work hypothesis, that the graves could have been located in the said area, due to its being one of the 'heav-enly doors of the souls' mentioned among other authors by Macrobius in his 'Comments on Scipio's Dream', taken from Cicero's 'The Republic', as reflected in Okabe.
7- Looking at the group on the map, before visiting it in situ, it would seem to have important geographical features on the N-S axis towards the SE and the rising of Sirius: to the north we have the nearby Honteyde -1,912 metres-, Pas des Portes -1,769 me-tres-, Coume de Herrère -1,841 metres- and Homme de Pierre -1,616 metres-; to the south is the far-off Quayrat -3,060 metres- and, not far from an area featuring the outstanding Cap de Bassièret -2,296 metres-, Hourquette des Hounts-Secs -2,046 me-tres- and the Pic de Coume Nere -2,424 metres-, and, finally, to the SE, we see close a line of mountains stretching from Cap de Pouy -1,802 metres- to the Pic de Céciré -2,403 metres-. This is said by way of an approximation to the toponymy and, above all, to the landscape of the area. Without geographical features, without landscape as a con-cept, the psc would never have been conceived, and certainly could never have been astro-nomically decoded. I repeat once again that I have never actually visited the site, in the endeavour to explain that theories can be made without having done so. It's not necessary to actually go to Arihouat to know the approximate point at which Sirius rose, the area in which the Ursas rotated, or the line of mountains indicating the culmination of the stars; however, it is essential to go there in order to exactly establish these points, i.e. to observe the area, noting some kind of a nearby orientation or a rock standing out against the fir-mament to emphasize specific astronomical ephemeris, often bringing the circles to life or making sense of the toponymies so often repeated at great distances from one another.

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