Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:44PM PST (-0800 GMT)
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Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Theme : Archaeoastronomy Dig – a world tour of incredible sites

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
1. What is Archaeoastronomy ? button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
2. What are the images in this rock art from the ancient Southwest thought to represent ? button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:46PM PST (-0800 GMT)
3. These are very modern looking observatories, but they were built over two hundred and fifty years ago. Where are they and when were they built ? Be sure to open up all of the photo choices to study this amazing astronomical measuring device. button button button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:46PM PST (-0800 GMT)
4. A very ancient observatory was built in England that is now known as Stonehenge. What does the heel stone mark ? button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:46PM PST (-0800 GMT)
5. New Grange is a well-known burial chamber that captures the winter solstice light on a petroglyphs – carved image in stone – at the end of its entrance tunnel. Wher is it located ? What is the carved image ? And why is it only marked by light at the winter solstice ? button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:46PM PST (-0800 GMT)
6. There is an ancient stone temple complex situated high in the mountains of Peru – what is it called, and what is it thought it was built to serve as ? button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:47PM PST (-0800 GMT)
7. In Japan, there are Star Shrines honoring the three main deities of early Japan. Each deity has a set of three stars associated with it. What constellations are these three sets of three stars found in ? Be sure to scroll down and see the pictures once you are at the site. button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:47PM PST (-0800 GMT)
8. The original Americans built stone wheels out on the open plains that helped them mark the seasons and planetary movements. What are these stone circles now called ? And what European navigation tool are they similar to ? button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:47PM PST (-0800 GMT)
9. The Egyptian pyramids have recently been found to be laid out in the shape of a constellation. How many stones is it thought the Great Pyramid was made of ? How much dooes each stone weigh ? what would its total weight have been ? button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:48PM PST (-0800 GMT)
10. Read down through this page and find out which constellation they are thought to have been laid out to reflect. (look down deep in the text for the entry about shafts, and that mentions the robot photographer ) button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:48PM PST (-0800 GMT)
11. Chaco Canyon in New Mexico is home to an amazing solar observatory – it tracks the time of year by positioning sunlight across a carved rock art image. This link takes you to the last of three pages about the site. To get to the other pages use the back and forwards buttons at the bottom of the page for the full story. What other site have we looked at that reminds you of the carving, light beam, and solar observatory –use of Chaco’s Fajada Butte ? Hint : it is on an island in the Atlantic far, far from New Mexico. button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:48PM PST (-0800 GMT)
12. What were the Mayan pyramids of Central America used for ? button

Camp Internet Dig Team: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 5:49PM PST (-0800 GMT)
If you want to go back and visit this collection of Archaeoastronomy sites, the Camp has a center to start your adventure from at button ........... Thanks for visitng the Camp Internet Dig tonight ! You will be able to see the results of the Dig posted online next week in the Chat Archive.

: . . . . Mon, Feb 28, 10:09PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello Marcy, I just got back from Truman...for the first time in our history,.. the County server went down!!!!! I really talked Camp Internet up and had lots of our work zipped ... thank god...but so much for the live....Can we try again? Perhaps the same time next week? We would do it from Cal state...next monday at 6:30 pm....

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Mon, Mar 6, 6:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
The chat room is open again tonight for use by Ken Decroos masters class in teaching with technology. Please feel free to introduce yourself, scroll abck up to the top, and get started visiting these amazing places !