Well, it’s incorrect when it comes to the solar year but is correct when it comes to the lunar cycles. So I guess they didn’t track time by the solar year then. It’s just a matter of cultural perspective. Tracking the seasons and the lunar cycles were probably more important to Indigenous Americans because of needing to know when to seed, harvest, and hunt as opposed to knowing the exact time it takes for the earth to loop around the sun.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 10 months ago
how did the cherokee account for the fact that this is mathematically incorrect and would cause dates to drift across the actual solar year?
Lilith_the_serpent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well, it’s incorrect when it comes to the solar year but is correct when it comes to the lunar cycles. So I guess they didn’t track time by the solar year then. It’s just a matter of cultural perspective. Tracking the seasons and the lunar cycles were probably more important to Indigenous Americans because of needing to know when to seed, harvest, and hunt as opposed to knowing the exact time it takes for the earth to loop around the sun.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 10 months ago
the seasons are a function of the earth’s position in its orbit around the sun, not the number of moon cycles that have taken place
Lilith_the_serpent@lemmy.world 10 months ago
OK. Whatever you say. I guess the turtle shell is all bullshit.
You must’ve come from reddit.