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ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN LIVING SKIES PhD. JAVIER MEJUTO WHY ASTRONOMY? ASTRONOMY AS A SURVIVAL TOOL PERFECT CLOCK SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD THEY LIVED IN PERFECTLY WELL DESIGNED OBSERVING METHODOLOGY GROUP OF

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ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN LIVING SKIES

  • PhD. JAVIER MEJUTO
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  • 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 FORECAST AGRICULTURE DISASTERS PREDICTIONS

WHY ASTRONOMY?

MADRID CODEX

  • APROX. 1000 BCE
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MESOAMERICA

PAUL KIRCHHOFF 1943

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OLMEC COSMOLOGY

AHUELICAN JADE PLATE, MÉXICO

  • APROX. 1000 BCE
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OBSERVATORIES

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  • HEMISPHERICAL STRUCTURES
  • SIMILAR TO MODERN OBSERVATORIES
  • WERE USED TO UNDERSTAND MAIN “STARS” POSITIONS

CARACOL, CHICHÉN ITZÁ

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  • HORIZONTAL OBSERVATORIES
  • WERE USED TO KNOWING SUN EXTREME

POSITIONS AND ZENITH PASSAGE

COPAN RUINAS, HONDURAS

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  • VERTICAL OBSERVATORIES
  • WERE USED IN SUN ZENITH PASSAGE
  • CONNECTION WITH THE UNDERWORLD

XOCHICALCO, MÉXICO P STRUCTURE MONTE ALBAN, MÉXICO

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SUN

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KINICH AHAW

KOHUNLICH, MÉXICO

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KINICH AHAW

COPAN RUINAS, HONDURAS

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KINICH AHAW

MAYAPAN, MÉXICO

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MOON

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CELESTIAL BENCH COPAN RUINAS, HONDURAS

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PLANETS/STARS

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VENUS

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‘

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VENUS

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VENUS

SYNODIC PERIOD VENUS 584 DAYS

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VENUS – SUN RELATION

5x584 DAYS = 8X365 DAYS

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ECLIPSES

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OTHER PHENOMENA

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PRIMEROS MEMORIALES, XVI

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COMET SEEN IN 1531 TOTAL SUN ECLIPSE

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SN393 Xihuingo

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AN INHERITANCE THAT CONTINUES

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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

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  • 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 THE

ENVIRONMENT

  • ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE KEEP SHAPING MESOAMERICAN PEOPLES
  • WE

MUST UNDERSTAND ASTRONOMICAL KNOLEWDGE INSIDE THEIR KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FOR UNDERSTANDING THEIR CULTURES

  • WE REALIZED THAT COSMOLOGICAL, SOCIO-POLITICAL AND KINSHIP STRUCTURES ARE DEEPLY RELATED BETWEEN

THEM AND WITH ASTRONOMY

CONCLUSSIONS

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THANK YOU