SB>RR> indian astronomy? hmm...i'd like to see something on that too. i d
SB>RR> believe i've ever come across it.
SB>
SB>Even though the Aztecs were the leading astronomers of the world, bar
SB>none, at the end of the fifteenth century; and had a calendar more
SB>accurate than the European calendar of the time, and every bit as
SB>accurate as ours today?
prolly earlier than the 15th century. i've come across their calendar,
but it's usually accompanied by somebody's off-the-wall interpretations.
since the aztecs wrote things down, it's easy to find their astronomical
lore. but what of other NAs? does any oral tradition survive?
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