Oldest lunar calendar in the world is 10 thousand years old
Evidence suggests that the hunter-gatherer societies of Mesolithic Scotland had the need and ability to keep track of time, at least 5,000 years before the first calendars were developed in Mesopotamia. In this way, the research marks an important step towards the formal understanding of time and, therefore, of history itself.
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· 19 May 2024
Some discoveries forces us to review the cultural evolution of humanity. One example is the analysis of the ancient archaeological site of Warren Campo , in Scotland, discovered in 2004 by the National Trust for Scotland. The site, dating back to around 8000 BC, contains a long row of 12 wells. Analyses, obtained with the help of specially created software capable of analyzing the relationship between the distance of the wells, the topography of the site and the movements of the sun and moon, convinced archaeologists that the wells represent the months of year and the lunar phases of the month. Keeping track of time would have been immens...