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

Ruggles, C. L. N.; Saunders, Nicholas J.

 
9780870813191: Astronomies and Cultures: Papers Derived from the Third "Oxford" International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy, St. Andrews, Uk, September 1990
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0870813196 ISBN 13 : 9780870813191
Editeur : University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts, 1993

Synopsis

RUGGLES, C. L. N. / N. J. SAUNDERS, EDS. ASTRONOMIES AND CULTURES. PAPERS DERIVED FROM THE THIRD "OXFORD" INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ARCHAEOASTRONOMY, ST. ANDREWS, UK, SEPTEMBER 1990 [HARDBACK]. BOULDER, CO, 1993, xviii 344 p.,figuras. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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 ).

Revue de presse

Astronomies and Cultures is a unique book, combining a fresh and intellectually stimulating approach to a discipline undergoing rapid change. Its specially commissioned and carefully written review papers are based on original research by acknowledged specialists, and provide an interpretative framework of wider cultural significance than any previous publication in this subject. --Anthony F. Aveni

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Éditeur
University of Colorado,Department of Fine Arts
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0870813196
ISBN 13 
9780870813191
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
344
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