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Unusual Archaeology: Contemplating the Cosmos (Part 2)

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Scientific American

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4.2 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Gazing up at the night sky is a universal human experience, likely as old as our species itself. But how did our ancient ancestors feel about what they saw in the heavens, and how did it shape their lives? In Episode Two of our three-part Fascination miniseries on unusual archaeology, science journalist Kata Karáth introduces us to archaeoastronomy—the study of how people in the past experienced and explained the phenomena of the cosmos. Listen to the first episode of this series: “Sustainable Fishing with Ancient Chambers and Ocean Tides” E-mail us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Jeff DelViscio, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Rachel Feltman. This episode was reported and hosted by Kata Karáth. Special thanks to Saara Alakorva and Camilla Brattland for their assistance with parts of this script. Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck fact-checked this series. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.7

There are few human experiences more universal than gazing up at the night sky, and the urge to look up

0:39.7

is probably as old as our species, if not even older. But how did our ancient ancestors

0:46.2

feel about what they saw in the heavens, and how did it influence the way they lived their

0:51.3

lives? For Scientific American Science quickly, I'm Rachel Thaltman.

0:56.1

You're listening to Episode 2 of our three-part fascination miniseries on Unusual Archaeology.

1:02.5

In this segment, Katakurath, a science journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Ecuador,

1:08.0

introduces us to Archaeo Astronomy, the study of how people in the past

1:12.8

experienced and explained the phenomena of the cosmos.

1:28.3

Arvi Chaska, We just got. We have many different universes, dimensions.

1:45.0

For example, Mili Haimu, it's the realm of the gods.

1:49.0

So the Sami, ancient Sami, they thought that it's kind of behind the stars,

1:55.0

so that they are the holes to that dimension.

1:59.0

That's Ante Aikio, an indigenous Sami storyteller and reindeer herder who lives in Levy,

2:05.9

which is in northern Finland, some 150 kilometers inside the Arctic Circle.

2:11.8

A moment ago, you heard him yoyking.

2:14.5

That's a traditional vocal technique among the Sami that's used to evoke, for

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