| Description |
xiii, 504 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : Whither archaeoastronomy? / A.F. Aveni -- Recent developments in megalithic astronomy / C.L.N. Ruggles -- Exploring some anthropological theoretical foundations for archaeoastronomy / Stanislaw Iwaniszewski -- Reflections on the role of archaeoastronomy in the history of astronomy / Owen Gingerich -- The king, the capital and the stars : the symbolism of authority in Aztec religion / David Carrasco -- Chinese archaeoastronomy : between two worlds / N. Sivin -- The cosmic temples of old Beijing / E.C. Krupp -- Ancient Maya ethnoastronomy : an overview of hieroglyphic sources / John S. Justeson -- Cosmological, symbolic and cultural complexity among the contemporary Maya of Yucatan / John R. Sosa -- Keeping the sacred and planting calendar : archaeoastronomy in the Pueblo Southwest / Michael Zeilik -- The Southwest connection : similarities between western Puebloan and Mesoamerican cosmology / M. Jane Young -- Antares year in ancient China / I. Ecsedy ... [et al.] -- Comets and meteors in the last Assyrian empire / Robert Chadwick -- The ancient Vedic dice game and the names of the four world ages in Hinduism / Luis González-Reimann -- The origin of the Chinese lunar lodge system / David S. Nivison -- A reflection of the ancient Mesoamerican ethos / Miguel León-Portilla -- The Mexica leap year once again / Carmen Aguilera -- Astronomical references in the table on pages 61 to 69 of the Dresden codex / Victoria R. Bricker and Harvey M. Bricker -- A Palenque king and the planet Jupiter / Floyd G. Lounsbury -- A new sun at Chichen Itza / Clemency Chase Coggins -- Zodiac signs, number sets, and astronomical cycles in Mesoamerica / Gordon Brotherston -- Comets and falling stars in the perception of Mesoamerican Indians / Ulrich Köhler -- Cosmic ideograms on petroglyphs of the Mesoamerican cultures of 'El Zape' region in Durango, Mexico / Alejandro Peschard Fernandez, Jaime Ganot Rodriquez and Jesus F. Lazalde Montoya -- North American Indian calendar sticks : the evidence for a widely distributed tradition / Alexander Marshack -- A re-examination of the Winnebago calendar stick / William Breen Murray -- Navajo Indian star ceilings / Von Del Chamberlain -- A quipu calendar from Ica, Peru, with a comparison to the ceque calendar from Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Lunar astronomies of the western Pueblos / Stephen C. McCluskey -- The Great North Road : a cosmographic expression of the Chaco culture of New Mexico / Anna Sofaer, Michael P. Marshall and Rolf M. Sinclair -- The rise and fall of the Sun Temple of Konarak : the temple versus the solar orb / J. McKim Malville -- Cognitive aspects of ancient Maya eclipse theory / Michael P. Closs -- The use of astronomy in political statements at Yaxchilan, Mexico / Carolyn Tate -- Further studies on the astronomical orientation of medieval churches in Austria / Maria G. Firneis and Christian Köberl -- Some archaeoastronomical problems in East-Central Europe / K. Barlai -- Uaxactun, Guatemala, Group E and similar assemblages : an archaeoastronomical reconsideration / A.F. Aveni and H. Hartung -- Inca observatories : their relation to the calendar and ritual / D.S.P. Dearborn and R.E. White -- The year at Drombeg / Ronald Hicks -- Starwalking - the preliminary report / Claire Farrer |
| Analysis |
Archaeoastronomy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Archaeoastronomy -- Congresses.
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Astronomy, Ancient -- Congresses.
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Indian astronomy -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Aveni, Anthony F.
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| LC no. |
87035400 |
| ISBN |
0521341809 |
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