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来自南澳大利亚Ooldea的原住民天文观测,第2部分:Ooldean天空中的动物

Aboriginal Astronomical Traditions from Ooldea, South Australia, Part 2: Animals in the Ooldean Sky

Trevor M. Leaman, Duane W. Hamacher, Mark T. Carter

摘要:

澳大利亚土著的天文学传统暗示了天空世界中的动物与其陆地同行的行为模式之间的关系。在我们对南澳大利亚维多利亚大沙漠土著天文传统的持续研究中,我们调查了动物行为与恒星位置之间的关系。我们开发了一种方法来测试的假设,这些动物的行为是预测的位置,他们的天体同行在一天中的特定时间。在Ooldean天空中确定的12种动物中,有9种恒星(即非行星或非银河)协会被分析,每一种都证明了动物行为和恒星位置之间的密切联系。我们认为,这可能是一个反复出现的主题,在土著天文传统,需要进一步发展的方法。

英文摘要:

Australian Indigenous astronomical traditions hint at a relationship between animals in the skyworld and the behaviour patterns of their terrestrial counterparts. In our continued study of Aboriginal astronomical traditions from the Great Victoria Desert, South Australia, we investigate the relationship between animal behaviour and stellar positions. We develop a methodology to test the hypothesis that the behaviour of these animals is predicted by the positions of their celestial counterparts at particular times of the day. Of the twelve animals identified in the Ooldean sky, the nine stellar (i.e. non-planet or non-galactic) associations were analysed and each demonstrated a close connection between animal behaviour and stellar positions. We suggest that this may be a recurring theme in Aboriginal astronomical traditions, requiring further development of the methodology.

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