NATS 1745 Lecture 1: Chapter 1 Lecture.docx
22 Apr 2015
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Stars always move in a circle around the same point. Stars always move in their same path, in fixed constellations. Sun provided heat, light and a source of time. Newgrange (stone walls, covered by rock roof, oldest known roofed structure) Above the entrance is a square hole (roof box) faces the direction that the sun rises on the shortest day of the year (winter solstice) On this day the light hits the roof box, and gradually illuminates the passage way, the beam gets longer and longer and eventually illuminates the main chamber. Shortest day of the year associated with new birth, because the days begin to get longer and days warmer. The alignment of the tomb likely reflects a belief in rebirth or reincarnation (illuminating the dead, the dead will be reborn in someway) Built to commemorate somebody central eternally by the community. On the summit of fajada butte, 2 spiral carvings were found behind 3 stone slabs.
