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ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN LIVING SKIES
PhD. JAVIER MEJUTO
ASTRONOMY AS A SURVIVAL TOOL – PERFECT CLOCK
SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD THEY LIVED IN
PERFECTLY WELL DESIGNED OBSERVING METHODOLOGY
GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL OBSERVERS - ASTRONOMERS
ASTRONOMY
COSMOVISION
FORECASTAGRICULTURE
DISASTERSPREDICTIONS
WHY ASTRONOMY?
MADRID CODEXAPROX. 1000 BCE
MES
OAM
ERIC
APA
UL
KIRC
HHO
FF 1
943
OLM
EC C
OSM
OLO
GY
AHUELICAN JADE PLATE, MÉXICOAPROX. 1000 BCE
OBSERVATORIES
HEMISPHERICAL STRUCTURES
SIMILAR TO MODERN OBSERVATORIES
WERE USED TO UNDERSTAND MAIN “STARS” POSITIONS
CARACOL, CHICHÉN ITZÁ
HORIZONTAL OBSERVATORIES
WERE USED TO KNOWING SUN EXTREMEPOSITIONS AND ZENITH PASSAGE
COPA
N R
UIN
AS, H
ON
DURA
S
VERTICAL OBSERVATORIES
WERE USED IN SUN ZENITH PASSAGE
CONNECTION WITH THE UNDERWORLD
XOCH
ICAL
CO, M
ÉXIC
O
P ST
RUCT
URE
MO
NTE
ALB
AN, M
ÉXIC
O
SUN
KINICH AHAW
KOHU
NLI
CH, M
ÉXIC
O
KINICH AHAW
COPA
N R
UIN
AS, H
ON
DURA
S
KINICH AHAW
MAY
APAN
, MÉX
ICO
MOON
CELESTIAL BENCHCOPAN RUINAS, HONDURAS
PLANETS/STARS
VEN
US
CACAXTLA, MÉXICO
Ah-Chicum Ek‘ Big Morning Star Ahzab Kab Ek‘ Star that wakes up the Earth Xux Ek‘ Wasp Star Chak Ek‘ Red Star Noh Ek‘ Big Star Sastal Ek‘ Bright Star
EK‘
VEN
US
VEN
US
SYN
ODI
C PE
RIO
D VE
NU
S58
4 DA
YS
VENUS – SUN RELATION5x584 DAYS = 8X365 DAYS
ECLIPSES
OTHER PHENOMENA
PRIM
ERO
S M
EMO
RIAL
ES, X
VI
COMET SEEN IN 1531 TOTAL SUN ECLIPSE
SN393
Xihuingo
AN INHERITANCE THAT CONTINUES
PIAJ SPYDERS MONKEYS LIVE IN A SKY FULL OF TREES
TYAJ HAITECAL – VENUS IN THE WEST
TSIK’IN HAITECAL/PURAK PONEWSWAI –VENUS IN THE EAST
ALMOST 4000 YEARS OF UNINTERRUPTED ASTRONOMICAL DATA
THEY OBSERVED AND THEY ARE OBERVING THE MOST SUBTLE ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA
THEY KEEP INCLUDING NEW ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS IN THEIR COSMOVISIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THEENVIRONMENT
ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE KEEP SHAPING MESOAMERICAN PEOPLES
WE MUST UNDERSTAND ASTRONOMICAL KNOLEWDGE INSIDE THEIR KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FORUNDERSTANDING THEIR CULTURES
WE REALIZED THAT COSMOLOGICAL, SOCIO-POLITICAL AND KINSHIP STRUCTURES ARE DEEPLY RELATED BETWEENTHEM AND WITH ASTRONOMY
CONCLUSSIONS
THANK YOU
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