rock art map of Potrero El Damasco,
sector La Hacienda El Bosque,
Rio Hurtado Valley, Norte Chico, Chile,
is based on
Dominique Ballereau & Hans Niemeyer Fernández (in collaboration with Eduardo Pizarro Williams),
Los Sitios Rupestres Del Valle Del Río Hurtado Superior (Norte Chico, Chile), Chungará (Arica),
versión On-line ISSN 0717-7356, vol. 31, no.2, 1999, pp. 229-292, Figura 47. Petroglifo de la estación del Potrero El Damasco, sector de La Hacienda El Bosque, http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-73561999000100003 viz.
>http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-73561999000100003.
We have deciphered that rock art as astronomy and show it to be probable in the images below that this rock art marks southern stars at Crux, the Southern Cross, Centaurus and Musca. We date the rock art to ca. 600 A.D. The stars chosen for marking by the rock art astronomer are in part normally not significant, but in that era the stars chosen in fact marked well the Celestial Meridian and Ecliptic Meridian, thus fixing the general calendric date in the stars -- so our analysis. A more circumscribed date may be possible in the future, based upon a more detailed study of the map.
There are three graphic images, the first contains the decipherment, the second the corresponding stars, and the third shows both side by side. Click the image for to get a bigger picture. Then one can compare the rock art and the stars and see how the rock art clearly represents the astronomy as deciphered.
Rio Hurtado Valley, Norte Chico, Chile, Rock Art Deciphered
Image 1 : The Decipherment of the Rock Art
Rio Hurtado Valley, Norte Chico, Chile, Rock Art Deciphered
Image 2 : The Corresponding Stars
based on Starry Night Pro http://astronomy. starrynight.com/
Rio Hurtado Valley, Norte Chico, Chile, Rock Art Deciphered : Image 3
The Rock Art Decipherment and the Corresponding Stars Side by Side,
based on Starry Night Pro http://astronomy. starrynight.com/
THIS POSTING IS Posting Number 130 of
The Great Mound, Petroglyph and Painted Rock Art Journey of Native America
Rio Hurtado Valley, Norte Chico, Chile, Rock Art Deciphered as Stars Marking Crux the Southern Cross, Centaurus and Musca at Potrero El Damasco sector La Hacienda El Bosque ca. 600 A.D.