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NATS 1745 EXAM 1 REVIEW 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Archaeastronomy - ....ANSWER ...-the study of how past people interacted with celestial bodies, primarily material alignments New Grange, Ireland - ....ANSWER ...-Designed for ritualistic capturing of the sun on the shortest day of the year (winter solstice) Chaco Canyon, New Mexico - ....ANSWER ...-At noon on the summer solstices/equinoxes a beam of sunlight bisects the spirals. Sun shrine not time recordings Stonehenge, England - ....ANSWER ...-Built by different groups of people at different times, deals with the sunrise on the summer solstice. 2 heel stones; sun first rose BESIDE not BEHIND (due to precession of the equinoxes) What causes the suns daily cycle? - ....ANSWER ...-Due to earths 24 hour castward spin. The earth spins on an axis that pokes through its North and south poles. Rise in east - set in west ....COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1