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SUMMARY:How Did the Ancient Iranians Coordinate Space? On the Old Iranian 
 Absolute Frame of Reference
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DESCRIPTION:Pourdavoud Center Lecture by Prof. Dr. Kianoosh Rezania (CERES
 /RUB\, Bochum)\n\nThe lecture is organised by the Pourdavoud Center for th
 e Study of the Iranian World\, UCLA. For more information click here.\n\nF
 or verbal expression and nonverbal cognitive processing of spatial relatio
 ns between two objects\, the speakers of a language use different frames o
 f reference. (Psycho)linguistics classifies these into three main groups: 
 intrinsic\, relative\, and absolute.This lecture aims to identify the old 
 Iranian absolute frame of reference. After a short explanation of differen
 t frames of reference\, the presentation will examine four sorts of eviden
 ce to this end: Avestan and Old Persian textual testimonies\, the directio
 n of Zoroastrian ritual in the Old Iranian period\, and the direction of s
 ome significant Achaemenid architectural constructions. The lecture will s
 how that the ancient Iranians did not use the four geocentric cardinal poi
 nts of east\, west\, south and north as the cardinal directions of their a
 bsolute frame of reference\, as research has implicitly taken for granted 
 so far. The evidence\, conversely\, suggests that the old Iranian absolute
  frame of reference was constituted by the sunrise and sunset points of th
 e winter and summer solstices.\n\nRegister for online lecture here 
LOCATION:Online Event
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/how-did-ancient-iranians-coordinate-spa
 ce-old-iran/
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