The Astronomical significance of Ancient Chamorro Cave Paintings

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Jan 1999

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American Astronomical Society, 193rd AAS Meeting, #96.14; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, p.671

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Recently discovered ancient Chamorro cave paintings on the island of Guam in the Pacific, indicate that around 2000 B.C. the Chamorro's used the Moon as their calender. Vertical and horizontal rows of 12 dots indicate that they used the year and the 12 months with in as their measure of time. This fact, the more recent folklore of tales of stars, and their ability to navigate on the ocean with the aid of their star maps, is evidence of their great knowledge of Astronomy now and in the far past. Their knowledge of Astronomy developed completely seperate from the ancient Chinese and Western Astronomy. With only a few old traditional Navigators alive right now on Guam and on nearby Islands, it is very important that their knowledge will be preserved for future generations.

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