Archaeoastronomy in rock art of Valle and Choluteca

Abstract

His investigation named Arqueoastronomía in the rock Art of Choluteca and Valley had for aim analyze sites of rock Art in the departments of Valley and Choluteca of the south zone of Honduras, to determine his possible content of information Arqueoastronómica. The depth of the study implied describing, registering and analyzing the samples of rock Art found in the different sites and to determine a possible astronomic relation in his design. The accomplishment I include from August, 2013 to September, 2014. One worked with the archaeological sites that presented samples of rock Art in the south of Honduras, specifically in the departments of Choluteca and Valley. The present investigation is of descriptive and transverse type in that there was realized a description and analysis of the general environment of the sites, up to coming to the description and the analysis in situ and photographically of the rock Art with astronomic characteristics, already be these pictorial or petrograbados. Since results of the study we could verify the existence of designs of rock Art with possible astronomic content in different sites of the departments of Choluteca and Valley. This investigation allows to fill emptynesses of scientific information about the rock Art in the south zone of Honduras. It is explained that these are preliminary results to the putting in march of an innovative project of investigation in Honduras, Where the methodology of investigation is tested for the study arqueoastronómico in the rock Art.

Revista Ciencias Espaciales, Vol.4(2) 2011, 89-120