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 Michelangelo’s 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 Homol’ovi and Palat’kwapi 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

 

EXTRA PROGRAM (Gran Canaria Excursion).

 

Mon 28:    Exit to Gran Canaria

 

Tue 29:    Return from Gran Canaria.

 

(*) If we sleep in Las Palmas, this visit will be done on Monday afternoon.