Comments on the study by André Müller: La nécropole en "cercles de pierres" d'Arihouat à Garin (Haute-Garonne)

Drawing 1, General of the Group
Star Chart 1, southern sub-group
Star Chart 2, northern sub-group
Background
Preliminary observations and reflections
Comments on the astronomical decoding of Arihouat
Astronomic comment
Mythical- religious comment
Final comments
Epilogue
 
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FINAL COMMENTS

Astronomy and religious mythology are not sufficient to extract all of the informa-tion apparently hidden by the psc, but would have to be intermingled with other questions related to the history and period in which it was used. The first step to be taken in order to research into these and other fields would be to draw up a chronological list of psc's, not only to establish the period of their construction, but to make sense of what they represent to the history of man.
The interpretation of Arihouat, made prior to visiting the site, has shown that, at least on occasions, when we find a good work on a group of psc's, its astronomical decod-ing is possible. And, by analogy, as is the case throughout the psc, we must suppose that if the construction of Arihouat was inspired by astronomy, the other 'nécropoles en cercles de pierres des Pyrénées', must similarly have the same inspiration. Thus, at least -pp. 179-180 of Müller's work-: Bordes-de-Rivière -some thirty circles-, Plà-de-Bèret -some twenty circles- and Ayer -some twenty circles-, or rather what's left of them in writing or on the field, including the landscape, should be studied in order to establish the 'spirit' of the western limit of the psc.
Making deductions based on what we now know, the psc, as a whole, would seem to extend at least from its known western limit-the river Leizarán- to its until now eastern and let's say provisional limit, the start of the River Garonne in its numerous offshoots.

The results of having astronomically interpreted the psc lead me to think that during the period of construction and use of these monuments, there were beliefs of different kinds that evolved with time, in probable keeping and varying syncretism with other relig-ions. However, going into these questions, without first of all having collectively recovered the forgotten meaning of the psc, seems to me to stray from my single proposal extracted from among those made over the years, i.e. that Pyrenean stone circles represent stars. I would similarly categorically add, after having studied André Müller's work, but without having visited what remains of the group on the field, that exactly the same principle ap-plies to the "nécropoles en 'cercles de pierres' d'Arihouat à Garin".

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