Re: Clockwise without clocks

Geoff Horswood wrote:

>So how would you express the ideas of "clockwise" and "anticlockwise" in a
>culture that doesn't have clocks?
>
>-movement of the sun? shadows? -to the left/right? (but is that the part
>closest to you or furthest away?
>
>Geoff
Using shadows seems great

you may have "shadow rotation" and "non-shadow rotation"


It also depends of what's on the planet: if some species of animals have the
habit of turning in some senses to hunt, fly, or collect meterial or a tree
that grows by turning around something you could have "bird rotation"
opposed to "tree-X rotation"

if the axe of rotation of the planet is inclined enough, it could be the
"shadow rotation" opposed to "sun rotation" because you would have to look
up near 90° to see the sun turning and looking down at your feet to see the
shadow so the rotations would seemed reversed of each other


- Max