The Venus Calendar Observatory at Aztec New Mexico

About the Book

Between the 10th and 14th century’s AD a grand civilization developed in what are now the 4 corners of the USA, encompassing approximately 10,000 square miles. Many scholars have studied this “Chaco Phenomena” and have ascertained that there was great influence from cultures of the South in what is now Mexico and Guatemala. Parrots, Macaws, cacao certain iconography and burial effects found in the Chaco Domain are consistent with materials mentioned in the Mayan Popol Vuh describing specific attributes of Ahauship (kingship) in Meso-America. These items have been found within the Chaco Domain. Implicit in the above is the use of Meso-American calendrics, which eluded scholars until recently. MacGillivray has rediscovered the use of the Hubbard site by analysis of original site interpolated with Mexica, Mayan and Zapotec; cosmological records of the Dresden Codex interfaced with the Tzolkin, showing a astronomical continuum in architecture and “day keeping traditions” for millenniums which is expressed in the Chacoan Tzolkin. The Aztec ruins in N.M. are of paramount importance in this ancient American tradition. Although having been “backfilled” years ago,the Hubbard tri-wall at Aztec, N.M. through archaeological documentation and new research proves itself to be a Venus calendar. Venus is very important in Indigenous cosmology as it represents Quetzalcoatl / Sacred Plumed Serpent, harbinger of the sun. The knowledge of Venus cycles shows advanced astronomical knowledge at Aztec suggesting that a specialized group of Shaman/Priests did live there, “the day keeper’s and diviners” of the later Chaco Domain. The Hubbard Venus Calendar and Chacoan Tzolkin gives us a glimpse of what cosmology future scholars will find embodied in the two unexcavated tri-walls at Aztec on the Animas and else where in the Chaco Domain and Pan America.

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Allan MacGillivray III is a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He attended New Mexico schools, Santa Fe High School, New Mexico Military Institute and New Mexico Highlands University. He has worked as an Anthropologist as Cultural Resource Manager, Tribal and state Planner, and economic developer. His main anthropology interests are archeoastronomy in relation to indigenous architecture. As an Archeologist, he has worked for The Museum Of New Mexico, Federal and private institutions. In his checkered career Mr. MacGillivray has worked as a Licensed Therapist, Real Estate Salesman, Ski Instructor and Solar Energy Consultant specializing in Photovoltaic power applications. While in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War era, he served in the 7th Army's 8th Evacuation Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany and a member of Ski Patrol Europe a mountain rescue unit in Berchtesgaden, Germany. His main anthropology interests are archeoastronomy in relation to indigenous architecture and ceremony. A nature lover and gardener, he still enjoys skiing, and is a S.C.U.B.A. diver and underwater and terrestrial photographer THE VENUS OBSERVATORY AT AZTEC NEW MEXICO, is a guide book for professional researchers, teachers and lay people interested in indigenous studies and is Mr .MacGillivray's third publication.