Advancing Cultural Astronomy

Advancing Cultural Astronomy

Studies In Honour of Clive Ruggles

Boutsikas, Efrosyni; McCluskey, Stephen C.; Steele, John

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

04/2022

319

Mole

Inglês

9783030646080

15 a 20 dias

510

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Chapter 1. Clive Ruggles and the Development of Cultural Astronomy.- Chapter 2. What Equinox?.- Chapter 3. Their Equinox: Mesopotamian Conceptions of Solstices and Equinoxes.- Chapter 4. The Hopi Calendar and Some Archaeological Correlates of Horizon Markers.- Chapter 5. Signs, Not Phenomena: Moqoit Cosmo-politics and Alternative Experiences of the Sky.- Chapter 6. On Translating Cardinal Directions in Ancient Greek Geographers.- Chapter 7. The North Sky and the Otherworld: Journeys of the Dead in the Neolithic Considered.- Chapter 8. Diachrony and the Big Picture: Chabola de la Hechicera, a Peculiar Orientation and a Sacred Landscape.- Chapter 9. An Investigation of the Role of Architectural Orders in Greek Temple Orientation.- Chapter 10. The Stars in Ancient Greece.- Chapter 11. Why are there Seven Sisters?.- Chapter 12. Remarks on the Lunar Series and Eclipse Cycles in Late Classic Maya Records.- Chapter 13. Finally, a Very Fruitful Interdisciplinary Cooperation.- Chapter 14. The Chankillo Solar Observatory and Ceremonial Centre: A Heritage for the World.- Chapter 15. Cultural Heritage of Observatories in the Context with the IAU-UNESCO Initiative - Highlights in the Development of Architecture.
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archaeoastronomy methodology;archaeoastronomy case studies;astronomical heritage;cultural astronomy;ethnoastronomy;alignment hunting;heritage management;horizon marker