Hand, Moon, Supernova. Petroglyphs of Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon (USA).
This image is suspected to represent the historic supernova SN 1054 at the time of its conjunction with the moon in the morning of 5th July. SN 1054 created the Crab Nebula.
From New Mexico occupied around 1000 AD by the Anasazi (Pueblo). On a vertical surface plane of a construction, it represents a hand, below which there is a crescent moon facing a star at the bottom-left. On the ground in front of the petroglyph there is a drawing which could be the core and tail of a comet.
Apart from the petroglyph, which could represent the configuration of the moon and supernova on the morning of 5 July 1054, this period corresponds to the apogee of the Anasazi civilisation. It seems possible to propose an interpretation of the other petroglyph, which, if it is more recent than the other one, could possibly correspond to the passing of Halley’s Comet in 1066.
Although plausible, this interpretation is impossible to confirm and does not explain why it was the supernova of 1054 that was represented, rather than the supernova of 1006, which was brighter and also visible to this civilisation.
