NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE ASTRONOMY
Much of the material in the first lecture comes from Zeilik (1985),
McCloskey (1990), von del Chamberlain (1984), and Williamson's Living the
Sky. The first eight images are from Zeilik.
Sunwatching among pueblo people
Time of day of sunwatching
Observation sites
The Matsakaya sun watching shrine at Zuni, around 1920
Method of observation
Solstice ceremonies
Anticipation
Hopi planting calendar. Village of Shungopavi.
Walpi (Hopi) horizon calendar. McCloskey, after Stephen. Observations
from Bear Clan House.
Lone Dog winter count, 1800-1870. von del Chamberlain.
References
Zeilik, 1985, The ethnoastronomy of the historic pueblos, I. calendrical sun
watching, Archaeoastronomy, no. 8.
McCluskey, 1990, Calendars and symbolism: functions of observation in Hopi
astronomy, Archaeoastronomy, no. 15.