SPACE RHYTHMS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF ASTRONOMIC NAVIGATION AS FACTORS OF CULTURAL GENESIS AND SAPIENTATION

Abstract

The article proposes a new approach to these problems, developed on the basis of thenavigation concept of the information modeling of the world. From the position of the navigation concept,the development of the geographical space-time played a leading role in the processes of human biologicaland supra-biological adaptation. Such an approach takes into account the fundamental role of the planetarycosmic factors in shaping the structure of the geocultural space of the Earth and is consistent with the mainprovisions of the modern scientific picture of the world. On the basis of field and laboratory research, theinstrumental possibilities of stone labyrinths and other prehistoric cultural heritage sites are determined.According to the results of the analysis of the structure of uneven-age objects, the reconstruction stages of thedevelopment of prehistoric astronomical orientation technologies are proposed. Comparison of classical signsand symbols with sun shadow charts allowed to substantiate the astronomical nature of the sign. The analysisof ethnographic materials has provided the preservation of archaic navigation technologies in everyday lifepractice, ornaments, mythological scenes, and sacral traditions. On the basis of generalization of materials,new models of cultural genesis and anthropogenesis, based on solar navigation, have been developed. Theresults of the study show that the invariant structures of genetic and social memory are associated with theorder of geographical space-time, which is determined by the shape, daily and annual movements of theplanet Earth.