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Ethnoclimatology in the Andes

机译：安第斯山脉的民族气候学

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Across the Andes in Peru and Bolivia, farmers gather in small groups in the middle of the night in late June. They climb high ridges and often ascend to the peaks of mountains. Coming right after the winter solstice, these nights are the longest of the year and among the coldest as well. Hundreds of such groups of villagers assemble on these nights in a large area that extends from Huancayo, located some 12 degrees south of the equator, to Potosi, which lies at 19 degrees south. The farmers huddle together in eager expectancy. They are waiting for the moment when they can see the Pleiades, a star cluster in the constellation Taurus. At this time of year, the Pleiades become visible low in the northeast sky only as dawn nears. The farmers believe that they can use the particular appearance of the Pleiades to forecast the timing and quantity of precipitation that will fall in the rainy season, months later. Although this odd form of astrology might seem just a quaint superstition (like the Groundhog's Day ritual familiar to Americans), our research has, in fact, uncovered its scientific basis.
机译：在秘鲁和玻利维亚的安第斯山脉，6月下旬深夜，农民们聚集在一起。他们爬上高高的山脊，常常爬到山峰上。冬至之后，这些夜晚是一年中最长的夜晚，也是最冷的夜晚。这些夜晚，成百上千的村民聚集在一个大区域，从赤道以南12度的Huancayo延伸到以南19度的波托西。农民们热切期盼。他们正在等待可以看到Ta牛座的时刻，,牛座是金牛座中的一颗星团。每年的这个时候，only宿星只有在黎明临近时才在东北天空变得可见。农民们认为，他们可以利用le宿星的特殊外观来预测几个月后雨季降水的时间和数量。尽管这种奇怪的占星术形式似乎只是一种古朴的迷信（如美国人所熟悉的“土拨鼠日”仪式），但实际上，我们的研究发现了其科学依据。

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