Archaeoastronomy
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Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the study of how people in the past "have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used phenomena in the sky, and what role the sky played in their cultures." Clive Ruggles argues it is misleading to consider archaeoastronomy to be the study of ancient astronomy, as modern astronomy is a scientific discipline, while archaeoastronomy considers symbolically rich cultural interpretations of phenomena in the sky by other cultures. It is often twinned with ethnoastronomy, the anthropological study of skywatching in contemporary societies. Archaeoastronomy is also closely associated with historical astronomy, the use of historical records of heavenly events to answer astronomical problems and the history of astronomy, which uses written records to evaluate past astronomical practice.
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- Related: Cultural astronomy, European Megalithic Culture, Aboriginal stone arrangements, Lunar standstill, Medicine wheels, Petroforms, Astronomical chronology
| Archaeoastronomy Archaeoastronomy library.thinkquest.org/C0118421/main.html - Web |
| Astronomy before History, by Clive Ruggles and Mic... Astronomy before History, by Clive Ruggles and Michael Hoskins assets.cambridge.org/052157/2916/sample/0521572916web.pdf - Web |
| Clive Ruggles's webpage: Clive Ruggles's webpage: www.cliveruggles.net - Web |
Gallery for «Archaeoastronomy»
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| Space Imaging’s Ancient Observatories gallery Space Imaging’s Ancient Observatories gallery www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/ancientobservatories/ - Web |
| Traditions of the Sun Traditions of the Sun www.traditionsofthesun.org - Web |
| Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge Ancient Observatories: Timeless Knowledge sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/images/ao_poster.pdf - Web |
| Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy jqjacobs.net/mesoamerica/meso_astro.html - Web |
| ISAAC ISAAC www.archaeoastronomy.org - Web |
| SEAC SEAC www.archeoastronomy.org - Web |
| SIAC SIAC www.arqueoastronomia.org/siac.htm - Web |
| Society for the History of Astronomy Society for the History of Astronomy www.shastro.org.uk - Web |
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| Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy News Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy News www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/ae.html - Web |
| Archaeoastronomy: Supplement to the Journal for th... Archaeoastronomy: Supplement to the Journal for the History of Astronomy www.shpltd.co.uk/aa.html - Web |
| Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Cult... Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jarch.html - Web |
| Culture and Cosmos Culture and Cosmos www.cultureandcosmos.com - Web |
| Journal for the History of Astronomy Journal for the History of Astronomy www.shpltd.co.uk/jha.html - Web |
