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Re: Change?

Feb 01, 2017, 19:55

tiompan wrote:

tjj wrote:

Evergreen Dazed wrote:

Apart from a few notable exceptions, i'm beginning to think, *as far as monument orientations are concerned*, there isn't much to support the idea that neolithic people were concerned with what was going on in the sky, or what time of year it was!

Fair?

I wouldn't agree that they weren't concerned about what time of year it was - these 'pagan festivals' all pre-date Christianity otherwise we wouldn't have Christmas or Johnmas (as it is known on Orkney) i.e. midsummer. No written evidence that I'm not talking imbolics of course.

Sun and moon , and sometimes stars is all we had to know where we were in the cycle , or even get about , they work really well .

Indeed but i'm not sure we should assume 'the cycle' was a part of their monument building.

Still 'of the sky' of course, but perhaps some monuments were orientated to the position of the sun on the morning after an individual died, or some other event significant to the community.

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