Sunday, August 21, 2016

Averi calls attention to that the heavenly bodies

history channel documentary science Averi calls attention to that the heavenly bodies and their positions (and ways) were welcomed by antiquated civic establishments and were utilized as a part of such courses, for instance, as in supporting seafarers in route. In his paper, Averi goes ahead to clarify a portion of the Mesoamerican galactic ideas. He concentrates on the Maya and remarked about their propelled types of composing, arithmetic and space science. He goes ahead to discuss how they "likewise utilized the skyline framework to screen heavenly occasions and to check time." (Averi;162). For instance, Averi discusses stone markers that were utilized to stamp certain heavenly occasions and their connection to physical occasions. He composes, "Stone markers reaching out from behind Campo Santo up to the highest point of high slope west of town. From Campo Santo to beat approx. 1.5km. Sun ascends on lines PS and OS saw from stones O and P on March nineteenth 1940 two days before the equinox." (Averi;162-3). This data, in itself, lets us know nothing phenomenal about the stone markers, in any case, it gives a tiny bit of foundation data and helps a peruser to frame a mental picture in their psyche.

It sets the scene for the following quote. Averi then composes, "Sun rises this day at 6 degrees 31.5 ms. Bearing saw with straightforward customizable compass. Perceptions are made at the stone today by zahorins (shamans) for planting and reaping." (Averi;162-3). This section, albeit extensive and loaded with investigative language, shows that these marker stones that were raised can be, and were/are, utilized as a part of conjunction with the planting and gathering of the harvests. Think about these markers as a "Maya Agriculture Almanac". Consistently a shaman can go to the stones and, with the easiest of instruments, make point by point counts that will be utilized as a part of guaranteeing a constructive outcome on their farming. Without markers, for example, these antiquated Mayas would have had a harder time attempting to make sense of when to plant their products to guarantee ideal yield, and when to gather so as to guarantee ideal nature of their harvests.

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