For centuries, California’s missions have stood as historic state landmarks, and windows into the state’s past. But a new understanding of the aging buildings is emerging. Archeologist Ruben Mendoza of California State University Monterey Bay says the missions have hidden a secret for centuries – one involving everything from advanced astronomy in the supposedly science-averse Church, to appeals to paganism by Catholic friars seeking converts in the new world.
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