Two Eyed Seeing: Mayan Astronomy & NASA Moon to Mars
Everyone Welcome! Please join the Native Skywatchers Thursday, December 17, 2020, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST for a live (virtual) show featuring Mayan Indigenous Astronomy, presented by: Gerardo Aldana, Andrea Carrillo, Annette S. Lee, Andrea Medina, and Graciela Rodriguez. Supporting organizations are Native Skywatchers, NASA, and the Chicano Studies Institute at UC Santa Barbara. Our lead educators are Andrea Carrillo and Graciela Rodriguez from Adelante Charter School in Santa Barbara, California.
Note: This event will also be recorded
Learn about MAYAN ECLIPSE Cycles!
Chol Qiij – the 260 Day Count: With the help of our 1st grade partners, learn the basic count used in Mayan texts to track astronomical cycles.
Communities of Time: Classic Mayan Art and the K’iche’ Creation narrative known as the Popol Vuh represent time and elements of time as a balance, and not as a mechanical, objective process. Our 1st grade partners recount the story of Vukub Kaquix (7 Macaw), the false Sun.
The Classic Period Lunar Series: See how Mayan scribes recorded the phases of the Moon within their historical inscriptions.
Xultun Moons and Modern Satellites: Find out how archaeologists encountered a mural showing Classic Mayan astronomers by using remote sensing and satellite technology.
The Dresden Codex Eclipse Table: See how a Postclassic scribe tracked eclipse cycles as recorded in a 14th century Mayan screenfold manuscript known as the Dresden Codex.
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