ePub Declaration of Independence: A Study in the History of Political Ideas by Carl L. Becker in History

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Imagine the North American Indians as astronomers carefully watching the heavens; charting the sun through the seasons; or counting the sunrises between successive lumar phases. Then imagine them establishing observational sites and codified systems to pass their knowledge down through the centuries and continually refine it. A few years ago such images would have been abruptly dismissed. Today we are wiser.Living the Sky describes the exciting archaeoastronomical discoveries in the United States in recent decades. Using history; science; and direct observation; Ray A. Williamson transports the reader into the sky world of the Indians. We visit the Bighorn Medicine Wheel; sit with a Zuni sun priest on the winter solstice; join explorers at the rites of the Hopis and the Navajos; and trek to Chaco Canyon to make direct on-site observations of celestial events.