Author: Anthony F. AveniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Ethnoastronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the American Tropics
Author: Anthony F. AveniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Archaeoastronomy
Author: Supplement to A Selected Bibliography on Native American Astronomy
Author: Beth Ann ColleaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Archaeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America
Author: American Association for the Advancement of SciencePublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Written by leading specialists, the papers in this volume explore the newly developed interdisciplinary field of archaeoastronomy. Their value is enhanced by extensive citation of data for that part of America north of Panama. They provide an excellent introduction to the growing field of archaeoastronomy. Three broad, interlocking topics are discussed: early American rock art in the southwestern United States, astronomical orientations of buildings, and native American calendars.
Ethnoastronomy
Author: Rubellite Kawena JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeoastronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Sinagua
Author: Christian Eric DownumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Archaeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America
Author: Aveni Anthony F.Publisher:
ISBN: 9780835766593
Category : Archaeoastronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica
Author: Anne S. DowdPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457193752
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica is an interdisciplinary tour de force that establishes the critical role astronomy played in the religious and civic lives of the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica. Providing extraordinary examples of how Precolumbian peoples merged ideas about the cosmos with those concerning calendar and astronomy, the volume showcases the value of detailed examinations of astronomical data for understanding ancient cultures. The volume is divided into three sections: investigations into Mesoamerican horizon-based astronomy, the cosmological principles expressed in Mesoamerican religious imagery and rituals related to astronomy, and the aspects of Mesoamerican calendars related to archaeoastronomy. It also provides cutting-edge research on diverse topics such as records of calendar and horizon-based astronomical observation (like the Dresden and Borgia codices), iconography of burial assemblages, architectural alignment studies, urban planning, and counting or measuring devices. Contributors—who are among the most respected in their fields— explore new dimensions in Mesoamerican timekeeping and skywatching in the Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacano, Zapotec, and Aztec cultures. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of anthropology, archaeology, art history, and astronomy.
Archaeoastronomy
Author: Exploring Archaeoastronomy
Author: Liz HentyPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1789257883
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Archaeoastronomy and archaeology are two distinct fields of study which examine the cultural aspect of societies, but from different perspectives. Archaeoastronomy seeks to discover how the impact of the skyscape is materialized in culture, by alignments to celestial events or sky-based symbolism; yet by contrast, archaeology's approach examines all aspects of culture, but rarely considers the sky. Despite this omission, archaeology is the dominant discipline while archaeoastronomy is relegated to the sidelines. The reasons for archaeoastronomys marginalized status may be found by assessing its history. For such an exploration to be useful, archaeoastronomy cannot just be investigated in a vacuum but must be contextualized by exploring other contemporaneous developments, particularly in archaeology. On the periphery of both, there are various strands of esoteric thought and pseudoscientific theories which paint an alternative view of monumental remains and these also play a part in the background. The discipline of archaeology has had an unbroken lineage from the late 19th century to the present. On the other hand, archaeoastronomy has not been consistently titled, having adopted various different names such as alignment studies, orientation theory, astro-archaeology, megalithic science, archaeotopography, archaeoastronomy and cultural astronomy: names which depict variants of its methods and theory, sometimes in tandem with those of archaeology and sometimes in opposition. Similarly, its academic status has always been unclear so to bring it closer to archaeology there was a proposal in 2015 to integrate archaeoastronomy research with that of archaeology and call it skyscape archaeology. This volume will examine how all these different variants came about and consider archaeoastronomy's often troubled relationship with archaeology and its appropriation by esotericism to shed light on its position today.