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Marking Time and Place - Eclipse Representations in the Late Prehistoric Rock Art of the Central Mississippi River Valley (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Russell Weisman.

Total solar eclipses are perhaps the most dramatic of celestial events. During a total eclipse, for a few moments, while the moon passes unseen between the earth and the sun, viewers positioned directly in line with the sun and moon experience totality. The sun goes black. Day turns suddenly to dusk, winds stir and animals assume their night time behaviors. It is then and only then that the sun’s luminous and variable corona becomes visible. Solar eclipse representations have been widely...