This paper analyzes the Mamari lunar calendar using paleographic, astronomical and ethnological data. It confirms that the two last crescents of the calendar correspond to moonless nights. Two small superscript crescents (thought to represent insertion of intercalary nights) have a clear paleographic explanation. Thus, the Mamari calendar consists of 30 nights in full agreement with astronomy and other Polynesian calendars. Studies of Rapa Nui petroglyphs and naked-eye observation of a complete lunation present the evidence for possible relation between delimiter groups of Mamari calendar and sunrise/sunset moon gazing. As full moon is marked with the pictographic sign 152, it was proposed that other explanatory night glyphs may also depict...
In the Ancient world people thought that there were particular natural energies which related the di...
12 pagesInternational audienceOur Western society has a complex relationship with night, the period ...
El estudio de las Series Lunares en Piedras Negras sugiere que los mayas utilizaron el mismo esquema...
The field of rongorongo research: the study of Easter Island’s native script is in a peculiar state ...
Cobá became an active and innovative center in lunar and calendric studies under the rulership of La...
[cat] El tema central de l'article és l'albirament del creixent de la Lluna tan bon punt apareix com...
When, for the first time, Galilei \u201csees\u201d the moon, in the winter of 1609- 1610, his gaze i...
SUMMARY Tablet Mamari contains the only text the general meaning of which is known beyond reasonabl...
El desarrollo de la astronomía en la Edad Media se encuentra íntimamente unido a los intereses de l...
Cyclic periods related to astronomical concepts had been used in early Islamic astrology as indicato...
O tema do calendário é abordado sob o viés da arqueoastronomia, campo de pesquisa interdisciplinar q...
Muchas civilizaciones han considerado a la Luna como la dueña del tiempo, del devenir y del destino....
This paper tests that in Easter Island the Gnomen was used in the site of "Sun Stones"in practices o...
Legacy of the Apollo samples is the link forged between radiometric ages of rocks and relative ages ...
superfície lunar quan el mòdul d’aterratge de l’Apol·lo XI arribà a la Lluna. Què era el mar de la T...
In the Ancient world people thought that there were particular natural energies which related the di...
12 pagesInternational audienceOur Western society has a complex relationship with night, the period ...
El estudio de las Series Lunares en Piedras Negras sugiere que los mayas utilizaron el mismo esquema...
The field of rongorongo research: the study of Easter Island’s native script is in a peculiar state ...
Cobá became an active and innovative center in lunar and calendric studies under the rulership of La...
[cat] El tema central de l'article és l'albirament del creixent de la Lluna tan bon punt apareix com...
When, for the first time, Galilei \u201csees\u201d the moon, in the winter of 1609- 1610, his gaze i...
SUMMARY Tablet Mamari contains the only text the general meaning of which is known beyond reasonabl...
El desarrollo de la astronomía en la Edad Media se encuentra íntimamente unido a los intereses de l...
Cyclic periods related to astronomical concepts had been used in early Islamic astrology as indicato...
O tema do calendário é abordado sob o viés da arqueoastronomia, campo de pesquisa interdisciplinar q...
Muchas civilizaciones han considerado a la Luna como la dueña del tiempo, del devenir y del destino....
This paper tests that in Easter Island the Gnomen was used in the site of "Sun Stones"in practices o...
Legacy of the Apollo samples is the link forged between radiometric ages of rocks and relative ages ...
superfície lunar quan el mòdul d’aterratge de l’Apol·lo XI arribà a la Lluna. Què era el mar de la T...
In the Ancient world people thought that there were particular natural energies which related the di...
12 pagesInternational audienceOur Western society has a complex relationship with night, the period ...
El estudio de las Series Lunares en Piedras Negras sugiere que los mayas utilizaron el mismo esquema...