Archive for the ‘Archeoastronomy’ Category
Tuesday, December 26th, 2023
For December, the full moon is referred to as the Cold Moon by many North American indigenous peoples. This year, the full moon will appear on the evening of December 26. It's the first full moon after the winter solstice.
You can start exploring how various cultures have celebrated the full ...
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Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
The nights are getting longer and the sun is lower in the sky each day. Our planet is bathed in sunlight at a more oblique angle and the signs all around of Winter are unmistakable. And for centuries, even before written history, human kind has marked our Sun's arch in ...
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Saturday, April 20th, 2013
This is another post about Rich Holtzin's blog, this time covering the amazing archeological site of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. There will be more blogs on this since it is a growing interest of mine. But for now, here re the links to his two part series on Chaco. ...
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Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
I am always on the lookout for interesting articles on astronomy and recently I came across a series on archeoastronomy by Rich Holtzin. He has been on an extensive tour of the South West United States since late last year and has spent quite a lot of time visiting archeological ...
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