Update to the 'Origin of the Greek constellations' paper
The manuscript below has been updated and resubmitted to the journal. It is provided here with permission of the journal. Origin of the ancient Greek constellations via analysis of Pillar 43 at Göbekli Tepe Martin B. Sweatman and Dimitrios Gerogiorgis School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Sanderson Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, United Kingdom. email: martin.sweatman@ed.ac.uk key words: Greek constellations, Göbekli Tepe, Pillar 43, digital image analysis ABSTRACT Göbekli Tepe is an Epipalaeolithic/Neolithic hill-top archaeological site in southern Turkey featuring several large enclosures formed of megalithic pillars, many of which are covered with intricately carved symbols. We re-evaluate an astronomical interpretation of Pillar 43 at Göbekli Tepe using digital image analysis to quantitatively evaluate pattern matches between animal symbols on this pillar and Greek constellations. Our statistical anal