I see the pinecones as signifying a mountain of volcanic origin, but instead of a spring coming to the surface on the mountain, it goes underground to heat the water, (the red inside the barrels, which are small tubes analogous to underground rivers)then it comes up around the areas of the gulfs. (I think these in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in particular are in Lesbos). That is why i think there is a pattern around the one gulf, it matches patterns in the rosettes which also indicate volcanic origins, as do the finials. The gulfs were created by erosion caused by the hydrothermal activity, and the other one has the pile of rocks which i take to be the drowned ancient city of Pyrrha.
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The other pinecone on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. flows directly into a lake, so that one is more analogous to the image with the water flowing from the mountains to the lakes and then continuing onward from there, as these do. I think this one is central to the Italian Peninsula and the lakes are just north of Rome.
The other pinecone on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. flows directly into a lake, so that one is more analogous to the image with the water flowing from the mountains to the lakes and then continuing onward from there, as these do. I think this one is central to the Italian Peninsula and the lakes are just north of Rome.