astronomy among ancient cultures, was closely linked to the daily life of the community and played a key role in politics, social events, religious activities, calendar, etc. However, determining the impact of astronomy in prehistoric cultures can be a difficult task because there is very little documentation in relation to religious practices. In many cases, indigenous peoples practice astronomy with the naked eye, leaving little evidence except for the known processes, which are few, which have been taking shaped piles of stones, channels, bowls and rock carvings (island of La Palma, Canary Islands).
construction marks on the land is not due to chance, were structured as a fixed format to configure a system. What did the awara in heaven so significant? Well, rhythmic and cyclic mobility of the major celestial bodies-the Sun and the Moon ", while the other planets and stars have enormous difficulty of locating references on the ground. The stars change position frequently. How
materialized on earth? How these astronomical events recorded? Very difficult questions for which we response on the island of La Palma. Now go into action the very landscape and environment that surrounds them, that is, the conceptualization of space and time, always available for its rhythmic movement. To this, we add the component ritual that involves any building and the monument becomes a sacred space in which to reaffirm or establish "the connection with the natural order. Rituals that are repeated at certain times, able to strengthen the construction of their worldview. Indeed, the celebration of the solstices, among others, is indispensable to strengthen the understanding of time and the restoration of the universal order. Everything is repeated in an eternal return.
Atkinson (1974) argues The movements of the Sun and the Moon would have been particularly important to the early farmers who depend on an understanding of the changing seasons to keep their crops. He also argues that the ancient shepherds spent much of his time on the move with their herds, reaching a deep familiarity with the movements of the sky. The same would happen with hunter-gatherers (Chelsee Arbour, http / / pseudoarchaeology.org/a07-arbour.html). Some still maintain
imagination, fortunately less and less, than the old canaries were in a period of barbarism, far behind technologically and culturally, they were not interested in astronomy, did not show unusual astronomical events and phenomena were unsophisticated and do not recognize their places of astronomical significance, no control over nature, or had a belief system that operate at other levels of consciousness, the objects could not be sacred or have multiple meanings. Believe that after the English conquest of knowledge were lost, were eradicated practices and religious beliefs. All significance disappeared.
Nothing is further from the truth! Which is not reflected on all this we have just said, should provide answers, solutions and not dwell on the field cards (in the description without thinking).
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