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Traditional knowledge
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Traditional knowledge, indigenous knowledge, folk knowledge, and local knowledge generally refers to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities
Tribal Colleges preserve and pass on both general knowledge and, through employing community Elders, traditional Indigenous knowledge. (Leech Lake Tri
Tribal Colleges preserve and pass on both general knowledge and, through employing community Elders, traditional Indigenous knowledge. (Leech Lake Tribal College, Minnesota)
The art of Diné weaving is part of the traditional knowledge of the Navajo people.
The art of Diné weaving is part of the traditional knowledge of the Navajo people.
Indigenous lands are endangered by climate change. Many Indigenous Nations hold traditional knowledge about land management in their bioregions.
Indigenous lands are endangered by climate change. Many Indigenous Nations hold traditional knowledge about land management in their bioregions.
Buddhist monk Geshe Konchog Wangdu reads Mahayana sutras from an old woodblock copy of the Tibetan Kanjur.
Buddhist monk Geshe Konchog Wangdu reads Mahayana sutras from an old woodblock copy of the Tibetan Kanjur.
Archaeoastronomy
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Archaeoastronomy is the interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary study of how people in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in
Traditional knowledge
…and techniques for hunting or agriculture), midwifery, ethnobotany and ecological knowledge, traditional medicine, celestial navigation, craft skills, ethnoastronomy, climate, and others. These systems of knowledge are generally based on accumulations of empirical observation of and interaction with the environment…
The rising Sun illuminates the inner chamber of Newgrange, Ireland, only at the winter solstice.
The rising Sun illuminates the inner chamber of Newgrange, Ireland, only at the winter solstice.
The sunset at the equinox seen from the prehistoric site of Pizzo Vento at Fondachelli Fantina, Sicily
The sunset at the equinox seen from the prehistoric site of Pizzo Vento at Fondachelli Fantina, Sicily
Early archaeoastronomers surveyed Megalithic constructs in the British Isles, at sites like Auglish in County Londonderry, in an attempt to find stati
Early archaeoastronomers surveyed Megalithic constructs in the British Isles, at sites like Auglish in County Londonderry, in an attempt to find statistical patterns.
It has been proposed that Maya sites such as Uxmal were built in accordance with astronomical alignments.
It has been proposed that Maya sites such as Uxmal were built in accordance with astronomical alignments.