Monthly Members’ Night - second Wednesday of each month except January.

Tonight

Topic: Paleoastronomy
Speaker Dr. Alista Fow (from the University of Waikato)

Humans have been interested in astronomy for as long as recorded history. This has been both for both practical and philosophical reasons. In this talk an examination will made of the astronomical knowledge and engineering in the bronze age and also in the neolithic era by looking at two of the best known artifacts from these eras, as well as other surviving artifacts. Then an examination will be made of or knowledge of humans and human knowledge before these eras and whether they can be a linked with astronomy.