tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post22753133352045726..comments2024-03-18T15:17:26.003-05:00Comments on l'astronave: History in the StarsFrescahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-64992590883695271502010-06-14T18:35:23.585-05:002010-06-14T18:35:23.585-05:00ANNIKA: "Archaeoastronomy"-- I had no id...ANNIKA: "Archaeoastronomy"-- I had no idea!<br /><br />I'm sure our ancestors knew a ton more about the night sky than I do!Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-55009914605768032502010-06-14T12:11:01.136-05:002010-06-14T12:11:01.136-05:00Archaeoastronomy is actually an established field ...Archaeoastronomy is actually an established field of archaeology, even if it's sometimes sneered at. In my archaeology days, I specialised in bronze age (in southern Scandinavia, about 1700-500 BC) rock carvings, which are quite similar to rock carvings/rock paintings in other parts of the world. I remember reading one article by a guy who had made a computer program that could simulate the night sky at any point in history, interpreted rock carvings as representations of the positions of the moon, stars and planets, and thus dated the images very precisely. I also remember being sceptical, for several reasons. <br />Normally, archeoastronomy refers to any kind of theory that involves the assumption that our ancestors had some knowledge about the night sky and the movements of the sun. I think it'd be stranger if they didn't, but some archaeologists consider such theories as outrageous as the one about the pyramids being constructed by aliens. Which makes one wonder if they have any clue what humans are actually like.Annikanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-24952689231642910322010-06-12T09:16:31.729-05:002010-06-12T09:16:31.729-05:00C & M: Historical astronomy--how cool.
Eerie,...C & M: Historical astronomy--how cool.<br /><br />Eerie, definitely, to see Anne Frank--so free and happy and public... when, as M says, we know so well what happens next.<br /><br />History now has so MUCH junk to wade through--all those home videos!<br />I too wonder how it'll be handled in the future. There'll no longer be the excitement of uncovering a stash of personal letters, that's for sure.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-76205166591093722032010-06-11T20:56:38.045-05:002010-06-11T20:56:38.045-05:00I thought it was eerie, too; we know what happens ...I thought it was eerie, too; we know what happens next. <br /><br />I wonder how Herstory will be taught in THE DISTANT FUTURE; everything's being caught in these inter-webs we've woven; Come to think of it, internet browsers literally have a "history."Marzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258262409718943594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229875339727095184.post-69210088347714952782010-06-11T14:53:37.668-05:002010-06-11T14:53:37.668-05:00There's also Anasazi petroglyphs in Chaco Cany...There's also Anasazi petroglyphs in Chaco Canyon depicting a supernova in 1054. Pretty cool.<br /><br />That Anne Frank video is eerie. I'm not sure why.Clowncarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219213001049223673noreply@blogger.com