"World's oldest calendar" - Lunar Warren Fields Calendar vs Solar Calendars: Neolithic Stonehenge/Irish Newgrange, + Star Charts-Calendars w/ Selective Attention - Filter: - a question of functionality vs superstitious nonsense McGilChrist; W James, Bargh. Neuroscience -
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: 1. "Selective attention," also called "selectivity bias"—the tendency to orient oneself toward and process information from only one part of our environment to the exclusion of other parts, no matter how obvious those parts may be." David DiSalvo 2. "Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are!" - Ortega y Gasset, a 20th century Spanish philosopher, introduced existentialism and perspectivism to Latin American philosophy. 3. Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us "We bring about a world in consciousness that is partly what is given, and partly what we bring, something that comes into being through this particular conjunction and no other. And the key to this is the kind of attention we pay to the world." Iain McGilchrist Point of Order: Neuroscience focuses on "selective attention as an evolutionary adaptive trait. In context of a motivation for hunter gatherers during that stage in human development, the spiritual and religious beliefs in animal spirits would serve to focus attention of humanity at that time on animals which - at that time - was the source of their survival and sustenance. Furthermore, in light of Erica Hill's analysis of Arctic Hunter gatherers which showed beliefs were integrated into society in roles and rituals, the beliefs focused attention of the community on the activity of hunting-gathering of animals. Preview: Lunar orientation vs Solar Orientation: The archaeological evidence reveals a fascinating contrast in astronomical orientations between different ancient societies. The Warren Fields site in Scotland, dating back 10,000 years, represents the world's oldest known calendar with a lunar orientation used by hunter-gatherer societies. This lunar focus was similarly reflected in Native American hunter-gatherer cultures, where most tribes reckoned 12 moons to a year. In contrast, later agrarian societies developed more solar-oriented structures, as evidenced by Stonehenge's solar corridor and Newgrange's midwinter sunrise alignment. This shift from lunar to solar symbolism, particularly visible in the transition from Stonehenge 2 to Stonehenge 3, suggests fundamental changes in "selective attention" toward an agrarian focus which changes peoples' orientation.
DOI: 10.17613/70g8g-8xj18
Author: E Peck Jr, Charles
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6887786407
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