Honduras Between Archeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy: Copán, Rock Art, and Tolupán Cosmovision

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Mejuto, Javier. 2024. "Honduras Between Archeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy: Copán, Rock Art, and Tolupán Cosmovision." Gullberg, Steven R and Zen Vasconcellos, César Augusto (ed.) Cultural Astronomy in Latin America. Singapore. World Scientific Publishing Co.. pp. 227-247
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Honduras Between Archeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy: Copán, Rock Art, and Tolupán Cosmovision

Book Chapter CategoryEdited book (chapter)
Book TitleCultural Astronomy in Latin America
AuthorsMejuto, Javier
EditorsGullberg, Steven R and Zen Vasconcellos, César Augusto
Page Range227-247
Chapter Number10
Year2024
PublisherWorld Scientific Publishing Co.
Place of PublicationSingapore
ISBN9789811281921
9789811281945
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811281938_0010
Web Address (URL)https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/9789811281938_0010
AbstractThis work intends to make a journey to the main Honduran heritage elements related to astronomical knowledge, mainly through the investigations carried out, or in process, in the country. The ethnicity of the Copán archeological site is visited, thus inviting the reader to rethink its architectural and astronomical elements. It breaks with the idea of a monolithic Mayan culture impermeable to the knowledge of other contemporary peoples that surrounded the Mayan lands. Beyond the archeological heritage of Copán and the Mayan culture, other relevant elements of astronomical interest in rock art and, especially, in the ancestral astronomical knowledge of the Tolupán and other indigenous peoples are explained. This seeks to place this heritage within the Central and Mesoamerican regions, thereby providing the elements of criteria for comprehensive regional cultural knowledge.
Keywordsarcheostronomy; Copán Ruins; Tolupán; cosmovision; ethnoastronomy; Honduras
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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020440107. Social and cultural anthropology
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Byline AffiliationsCentre for Astrophysics
National Autonomous University of Honduras, Honduras
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