Astronomies and Cultures: Papers Derived from the Third "Oxford" International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy, St. Andrews, Uk, September 1990 - Hardcover

Ruggles, C. L. N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870813196 ISBN 13: 9780870813191

Verlag: University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

Ten thematic articles illustrating the broad scope, diversity and cultural significance of contemporary studies in archaeoastronomy. Contents: The Study of Cultural Astronomy ( Clive Ruggles and Nicholas Saunders ); The Yao Dian and the Origins of Astronomy in China ( Chen Cheng-Yih and Xi Zezong ); The Riddle of Red Sirius: An Anthropological Perspective ( Roger Ceragioli ); Astronomies and Rituals at the Dawn of the Middle Ages ( Stephen McCluskey ); Folk Astronomy in the Service of Religion: The Case of Islam ( David King ); Cosmos and Kings at Vijayanagara ( John McKim Malville and John Fritz ); Medicine Wheel Astronomy ( David Vogt ); Venus-Regulated Warfare and Ritual Sacrifice in Mesoamerica ( John Carlson ); Astronomical Knowledge, Calendrics, and Sacred Geography in Ancient Mesoamerica ( Johanna Broda ); The Pleiades in Comparative Perspective: The Waiwai Shirkoimo and the Shipibo Huishmabo ( Peter G. Roe ).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0870813196
• ISBN 13: 9780870813191
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
• Herausgeber: Saunders Nicholas J.
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