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

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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

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P ST

RUCT

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MO

NTE

ALB

AN, M

ÉXIC

O

SUN

KINICH AHAW

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CH, M

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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

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