Who built it? To what use? Years after its discovery, the people are still these questions about Big Horn medicine wheel. Medicine wheel is located above the medicine almost 10,000 metres tall in the center of Northern Wyoming mountain.
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By radiocarbon dating, archaeologists have determined that the wheel was built between 1200 and 1700.
The wheel is a nearly perfect circle of rough stones took side to side and measures more than 70 feet in diameter.In the Center is a cairn (stones stack) doughnut-shaped ten feet of ancho.Este Center is connected to the rim by 28 speaking as lines of stones. There are six smaller Cairns, five out of the rim and one only inside.
Crow, Indians who lived in the area for generations, claim not to know who built wheel of medicine or why.Native Americans say that the wheel was there "before the light wine" or "before the village has iron."
Scientists have learned that the wheel was constructed in such way that, during the summer solstice, the Sun at the sunset and sunrise, with two rocas.Al mounds seem builders knew astronomy.The altitude and distance from human distractions make this an ideal place for skywatching.
Inaccessibility of medicine wheel makes it likely that it was used by religious leaders instead of large groups of native Americans.Pearls and wampum bits were found under some of the stones.
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Although local Indians is not sure of its original function, recognize the wheel medicine as an ancient sacred place and will continue to use it to rites and ceremonies of their propios.En currently attributed to personal, such as pieces of fabric and leather articles small bags, that now surrounds the structure barbed wire fence.
A narrow gravel road connects wheel of medicine with path road 14A.La three mile winds its way through Alpine meadows lupine, belonging, filling the India and other flowers brush silvestres.Este spectacular view of the Big Horn basin that can be seen from the top makes it winding drive well worthwhile.
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