Editorial policy
How Traditions of the Sun researches, writes, corrects and illustrates its articles.
Independence
Traditions of the Sun is an independent editorial project. We are not affiliated with NASA, the National Park Service, INAH or any university, and nobody pays us to cover a site or a product.
Sources and evidence
We rely on peer-reviewed archaeology and archaeoastronomy, site management publications and direct measurement. We separate what is measured from what is interpreted, and when scholars disagree about an alignment, we describe both views.
Living cultures
Pueblo and Maya traditions are living traditions. We write about them in the present tense, we do not publish ceremonial or restricted knowledge, and we avoid sensational claims about “lost” civilisations.
Images
Illustrations on this site are created for us and are labelled as illustrative where they show reconstructions. Sun positions in our viewers and the sky calendar are calculated, not drawn by hand.
Corrections
If we get something wrong, we fix it and note the change. Use the contact page and tell us the page and the sentence in question.
Last updated: November 5, 2026.