Cognative Archaeology

At 2am here in Spain the summer triangle is directly overhead. We spoke briefly about ancient people navigating by the stars, but this devolved into an argument about what ancient people actually knew.

This is always subjective, and I tend to err on the side of people are essentially the same regardless of the time period. What someone actually knows is entirely dependent on the person. So what then are you left with? Well, common sense helps. When we look at the stars we see almost the same thing they did. We want the same things too: food, shelter, to belong. Which is why the past speaks to us. If we didn't have things in common with these ancient people the past would not hold the fascination for us that it does. People have not changed, only the things that we surround ourselves with.