Programme.
OXFORD VI AND SEAC 99 CONFERENCE (27-05-99).
Mon 21: Chairmen: TBD (M) / Rolf Sinclair (A).
09:00 | Open Registration. |
10:00-10:20 | WELCOME ADRESS. Carmen Rosa García Montenegro, President of O.A.M.C. |
10:20-11:20 |
MITOLOGÍA DE LOS PUEBLOS PREHISPÁNICOS DE CANARIAS. Antonio Tejera (Open Conference Keynote Speaker). |
11:20-11:50 |
Coffee Break. |
11:50-12:40 | Astronomy in Islands: a peculiar evolution? (Review). Cesar Esteban. |
12:40-13:00 | Nona Perera. El Patrimonio Canario desde la perspectiva de la Astronomía cultural. |
13:00-13:20 | General Instructions & Poster Presentation (F. Warther, J Holbrook, M. Zedda) |
13:20-15:00 | Lunch at the Museum terrace. |
15:00-15:50 | General Topics and Methodology (Review). Bradley Schaefer. |
15:50-16:10 | Valerie Shrimplin. Copernican Iconography in Michelangelos last judgement; the idea f the centre of the Universe . |
16:10-16:30 | Michael Rappenglueck. The whole Cosmos is turning around the Polar point: one-legged polar beings and their meaning . |
16:30-16:50 | Mark Kidger. The star of Bethelem. Can the mistery ever be resolved? |
16:50-17:20 | Coffee Break. |
17:20-17:40 | Bethe Hagens. The Celestial Basquet. |
17:40-18:00 | Thorsteinn Vilhjalmsson. The northern horizon as a sundial. |
18:00-18:20 | Brian Bates and Todd Bostwick. Methodology for documenting light-shadow interactions on petrogliphs. |
18:20-18:40 | Terry Mahoney. Astronomical lexicography based on historical principles. |
18:40-19:20 | CARLOS JASCHEK (In Memoriam). (Lecturer TBC). |
19:30-20:30 | Short visit to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. |
20:30-22:00 | Welcome Cocktail at IAC offered by the Conference Organization. |
Tue 22: Chairwoman: Elzbieta Sierkiewicz (M) / Chairman: Franz Tichy (A).
09:00-09:50 | Traditional Areas: Precolumbian Mesoamerica (Review). Jesus Galindo. |
09:50-10:10 | Ivan Sprajc. Architectural alignments and observational calendars in pre-hispanic central Mexico. |
10:10-10:30 | Ruben Morante. The subterranean observatory of Monte Alban and teh zapotec calendar. |
10:30-10:50 | Ed Krupp. Rock Art and astronomy in Baja California. |
11:50-11:20 | Coffee Break. |
11:20-11:40 | Von del Chamberlain. Starborn: analysis of astronomical symbolism in a Native American legend. |
11:40-12:00 | John Rudolph. Equinox observing station on brainbridge island (WA, USA). |
12:00-12:20 | Eve Ewing. The Sun is in his house. The sacred landscape of San carlos Mesa. |
12:20-12:40 | Leah Coffman and Brian bates. Potential Calendars at Homolovi and Palatkwapi trails. |
12:40-13.00 | Arnold Lebeuf. A new possible absolute datation of the Eclipse table in the Dreden Codex. |
13:00-13:20 | John Carlson. Stars that rain blood and water: a Mesoamerican logogram for Venus-regulated... |
13:20-15:00 | Lunch at the Museum Terrace. |
15:00-15:50 | Traditional Areas: Precolumbian South America (Review). Mariusz Ziolkowski. |
15:50-16:00 | Elena Ortiz. Precolumbian astronomy in the central coast of Peru. |
16:00-16:30 | Luis A. Mammana, S.R. Gímenez Benítez, A. López. Meteorites of Campo del Cielo. Imapcts on the Indian culture. |
16:30-16:50 | Maxime Boccas. Cultural astronomy in Chile: whta is happening? |
16:50-17:20 | Coffee Break. |
17:20-17:40 | Carlos González. The "Valdivia" pottery, a proof of astronomical knowledge among the Mapuches . |
17:40-18:00 | Angel Rodríguez. Caguana ceremonial center: a potential solar observatory. |
18:00-18:20 | Angie Rogers. A laboratory of interaction of light, shadow and symbolic imaginery. |
19:20-20:30 | Reception at "Ayuntamiento de La Laguna" and short visit of the City. |
20:30 | Banquet at the "Casino" of the city offered by the Ayuntamiento de La Laguna. |
Wed 23: Chairman: Kurt Locher (M) / Chairwoman: Roz Frank (A).
09:00-9:50 | From the Atlas to the Caucasus: the other side of the Mediterranean (Review). Juan A. Belmonte. |
09:50-10:10 | Manuel Gerber. Babylonian calendar between 750-626 B.C. Outlining intercalation prectice from incomplete data. |
10:10-10:30 | Vahe Gurzadyan. Astronomical records dating the fall of Babylon. |
10:30-10:50 | Andre Cwiek. Some remarks on the astronomical orientation of the early Egyptian monuments. |
10:50-11:20 | Coffee Break. |
11:20-12:20 | TOMBS, TEMPLES & ORIENTATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Michael Hoskin (Keynote Speaker). |
12:20-12:40 | Rolf Krauss. Egyptian Middle Kingdom chronology on the basis of the Berlin Illahun archive. |
12.40-13.00 | Elma Parsamyan. On ancient Astronomy in Armenia. |
13:00-13:20 | Arek Soltisiak. An astral symbolism in sumerian rulers initiation. |
13:20-15:00 | Lunch at the Museum Terrace. |
15:00-15:50 | Ethnomathematics and Ethnoastronomy: the sky of living people (Review). Breen Murray. |
15:50-16:10 | Zuzanna Grebecka-Cwiek. New ideas in the traditional beliefs of rural society of NW Byelorussia. |
16:10-16:30 | Hugh Cairns. Australian Aboriginal Astronomies, an update. |
16:30-16.50 | Dimiter Kolev. Bulgarian folk Cosmology and Cosmogony. |
17:00 | Bus to Santa Cruz. Free time in the Center of Santa Cruz. |
19:00 | Visit to the "Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre". |
20:00 | Reception and Cocktail there, offered by the President of the O.A.M.C. |
22.30 | Back to La Laguna. |
Thu 24: Chairmen: Michael Rappenglueck (M) / Maxime Boccas (A).
09:00-9:50 | The Origin of the Constellations (Review). Edwin Krupp. |
09:50-10:10 | Sara Gardner. The Constellations of Chacolithic/early Bronze Megiddo (Israel). |
10:10-10:30 | Roz Frank. Hunting the European Sky Bears: Hercules and Hartzkune. |
10:30-10:50 | Jonas Vaiskunas. Did there exist the Baltic Zodiac? |
10:50-11:20 | Coffee Break. |
11:20-11:40 | Bradley Schaefer. Dating the Asian lunar lodge system. |
11:40-12:00 | Kurt Locher. Constellations: synopsis of the sources from Near & Middle Eastern Antiquity. |
1200-12:20 | Mary Blomberg. New arguments for a date of c. 2000 BC for the selection of stars ..... in Aratos Phainomena . |
12.20-12:40 | Peter Blomberg. An astronomical interpretation of the finds from Petsophas and Traostaos. |
12:40-13:00 | Juan Antonio Belmonte. Arato of Soloi (Cilicia) and the Origin of the Constellations. |
13:00-13:20 | Instructions for Teide Excursion and about Restaurants and Tascas. |
13.00-15:00 | Lunch at the Museum terrace. |
15:00-15:50 | Calendars: cycles of time at the end of the Millenium (Review). Arnold Lebeuf. |
15:50-16:10 | Nicholas Campion. The Age of Aquarius: a modern constellation myth. |
16:10-16:30 | Duane W. Eichholz. Lunar seasonal calendars from the ancient Near East. |
16:30-16:50 | José Manuel González. Agricultural calendars and calendar forecasting. |
16:50-17:20 | Coffee Break. |
17:20-17:40 | Göran Henriksson. The grooves on the Island of gotland in the Baltic: a lunar calendar. |
17:40-18:00 | Vesselina Koleva. The Calendar in Medieval Bulgaria. |
18:00:18:20 | Alexander Gurshtein. The revelation of the Egyptian calendar. |
18:20-18:40 | Mark Frenkel. The Phaistos disk as an astronomical calculator. |
18:40-19:00 | Free time to ramble through the Museum. |
19:00-20:00 | Public Conference: The Story of the Zodiac. Alexander Gurshtein. |
20:00 | Free Evening to rumble through the "tascas" and restaurants of La Laguna. |
Fri 25: (All timetable schedule, except the departure, are estimative).
09:30 | Bus departure. Excursion to Teide Observatory and National Park. |
10:00-11:00 | Visit of the Botanical Garden at Puerto de la Cruz. |
11:00-12:00 | On route to the National Park through La Orotava and El Portillo. |
12:00-14:00 | Free time at "Las Cañadas del Teide" National Park. |
14:00-14:30 | On route to Teide Observatory. |
14:30-16:00 | Lunch at Teide Observatory. |
16.00-18:30 | Visit of the Observatory. |
18:30-19:30 | On route to La Laguna through La Esperanza. |
19:30 | Free Evening. |
Sat 26: Chairmen: Von del Chamberlein (M) / Wolfhard Schlösser (A).
09.00-09:50 | Astronomy adn Landscape (Review). Johanna Broda. |
09:50-10:10 | Elzbieta Sierkiewicz. Domesticatinng the landscape: the problem of the 17 degrees family orientation in Mesoamerica. |
10:10-10:30 | Rana Singh. Sacredscape, faithscape and cosmic geometry: a study of Holy places in India. |
10:30-10:50 | Frank Prendergast. The stone rows of Connemara. A preliminary analysis. |
10:50-11:20 | Coffee Break. |
11:20-12:10 | Traditional Areas: Eurasia (Review). Stanislaw Iwanizewski. |
12:10-12:30 | Gail Higginbotton. Gazing at the horizon: heavenly phenomena and cultural preferences within NW Scotland? |
12:30-12:50 | Henrike Knorr. Astronomy and Basque language. |
12:50-13:10 | Frank Ventura. Orientations of the Phoenician and Punic shaft tombs in Malta. |
13:10-15:00 | Lunch at the Museum terrace. |
15.00-15:20 | Tamila Potemkina. An Archaeoastronomical monument of the Aeneolithic epoch in Russia. |
15:20-15:40 | Petra G. Schmidl. Finding the direction of Mecca with folk astronomical methods. Quibla... |
15:40-16:00 | Heinz and Inge Diethelm. The mountains of Belenus in France, Germany and Switzerland. A system of orientatiing... |
16:00-16:20 | Emilia Pasztor and Curt Rosslund. Orientations of Danish Viking geometrical fortresses. |
16:20-16:40 | Florin Stanescu. Possible modalities to establish the astronomical direction in Dacian sanctuaries . |
16:40-17:00 | Enrike Calzolari. The mark of Cassiopea constellation in the caprione (Italy). |
17:00-17:30 | Coffee Break. |
17:30-17:50 | Davide Gori. An inedited dolmen in the promontory of Caprione. |
17:50:19:20 | ISAAC General Assembly. |
20:30 | Bus to Puerto de la Cruz. |
21:00 | Banquet at "Casino Taoro" offered by the President of Tenerife"Cabildo". |
23:00 | Back to La Laguna. |
Sun 27: Chairman: Frank Prendergast.
09:00-09:50 | Exotic Astronomy and Cultural Diversity (Review). Clive Ruggles. |
09:50-10:10 | John David Mooney. An astronomical sculptural space at Corpus Christi (Texas). |
10:10-10:30 | Phyllis Burton Pitluga. Worldwide cultural interpretations of the Milky Way. |
10:30-10:50 | Nyssanbai N. Bekbassar Early Iron Age calendars in central Asia. |
10:50-11:20 | Coffee Break. |
11:20-12:20 | CULTURALLY DEFINED ASTRONOMICAL QUESTIONS AND HOW DIFFERENT PEOPLES DO ASTRONOMY DIFFERENTLY. Stephen McCluskey (Closing Conference Keynote Speaker). |
12:20-12:50 | Conference Summary and Conclusions. John Carlson. |
12:50-13:20 | Conclusions and Instructions for Gran Canaria Excursion. Juan A. Belmonte, César Esteban. |
13:20-15:00 | Lunch at the Museum terrace. |
15:00-16.30 | SEAC AGM. |
16:30 | END OF THE CONGRESS. Free Afternoon |
Mon 28: Exit to Gran Canaria
07:00 Fast-Ferry from Santa Cruz Harbour to Agaete.
On route to the mountains. Stop at Artenara.
Visit to Roque Bentaiga Archaeological Park.
Lunch at Tirajana.
Visit to Arteara Necropolis.
Overnight at Maspalomas or Las Palmas.
Tue 29: Return from Gran Canaria.
Visit to "Cuatro Puertas" Archaeological Park (*).
Promenade at Vegueta (Ancient Quartier of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).
Visit to "Museo Canario".
Visit of the "Cenobio" of Valerón.
Lunch at Galdar.
Visit of "Cueva Pintada" and "La Guancha" Archaeological Parks.
20:30 Fast-Ferry from Agaete to Santa Cruz.
Arrival to the Hotels in La Laguna.
(*) If we sleep in Las Palmas, this visit will be done on Monday afternoon.