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Ancient Astronomy

by Ruggles, Clive

ISBN13: 9781851094776
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Copyright: 2005-10-31
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Summary

An authoritative introduction to the fascinating topic of archaeoastronomy-ancient peoples' understanding and use of the skies.

Table of Contents

Introduction

ix

Ancient Astronomy

Aboriginal Astronomy

1

(4)

Abri Blanchard Bone

5

(2)

Acronical Rise

7

(1)

Acronical Set

7

(1)

Alignment Studies

8

(1)

Altitude

8

(1)

Ancient Egyptian Calendars

9

(4)

Andean Mountain Shrines

13

(1)

Angkor

14

(3)

Antas

17

(2)

Antizenith Passage of the Sun

19

(1)

Archaeoastronomy

19

(4)

Archaeotopography

23

(1)

Astro-Archaeology

24

(1)

Astrology

24

(3)

Astronomical Dating

27

(2)

Avebury

29

(1)

Axial Stone Circles

30

(3)

Azimuth

33

(1)

Aztec Sacred Geography

33

(4)

Babylonian Astronomy and Astrology

37

(4)

Ballochroy

41

(2)

Barasana ``Caterpillar Jaguar'' Constellation

43

(1)

Beltany

44

(1)

Borana Calendar

45

(1)

Boyne Valley Tombs

46

(2)

Brainport Bay

48

(2)

Brodgar, Ring of

50

(2)

``Brown'' Archaeoastronomy

52

(1)

Bush Barrow Gold Lozenge

52

(3)

Cacaxtla

55

(2)

Cahokia

57

(2)

Calendars

59

(2)

Callanish

61

(3)

Caracol at Chichen Itza

64

(1)

Carahunge

65

(2)

Cardinal Directions

67

(2)

Casa Rinconada

69

(3)

Catastrophic Events

72

(2)

Celestial Sphere

74

(1)

Celtic Calendar

75

(2)

Ceque System

77

(3)

Chaco Canyon

80

(3)

Chaco Meridian

83

(3)

Chaco Supernova Pictograph

86

(4)

Chinese Astronomy

90

(5)

Christianization of ``Pagan'' Festivals

95

(1)

Church Orientations

96

(3)

Circles of Earth, Timber, and Stone

99

(3)

Circumpolar Stars

102

(1)

Clava Cairns

103

(2)

Cobo, Bernabe (1582--1657)

105

(1)

Coffin Lids

106

(2)

Cognitive Archaeology

108

(2)

Comets, Novae, and Meteors

110

(2)

Compass and Clinometer Surveys

112

(1)

Constellation Maps on the Ground

113

(2)

Cosmology

115

(2)

Crucifixion of Christ

117

(2)

Crucuno

119

(3)

Cumbrian Stone Circles

122

(1)

Cursus Monuments

123

(3)

Cusco Sun Pillars

126

(3)

Declination

129

(1)

Delphic Oracle

130

(2)

Diurnal Motion

132

(1)

Dresden Codex

132

(2)

Drombeg

134

(3)

Easter Island

137

(4)

Eclipse Records and the Earth's Rotation

141

(1)

Ecliptic

142

(1)

Egyptian Temples and Tombs

143

(4)

Emu in the Sky

147

(1)

Equinoxes

148

(4)

Ethnoastronomy

152

(1)

Ethnocentrism

152

(1)

Extinction

153

(2)

Fajada Butte Sun Dagger

155

(3)

Field Survey

158

(2)

Fiskerton

160

(3)

Governor's Palace at Uxmal

163

(2)

GPS Surveys

165

(1)

Grand Menhir Brise

166

(3)

``Green'' Archaeoastronomy

169

(1)

Gregorian Calendar

169

(1)

Group E Structures

170

(5)

Ha'amonga-a-Maui

175

(1)

Hawaiian Calendar

176

(4)

Heliacal Rise

180

(1)

Hesiod (Eighth Century B.C.E.)

181

(2)

Hopewell Mounds

183

(3)

Hopi Calendar and Worldview

186

(2)

Horizon Calendars of Central Mexico

188

(2)

How the Sky Has Changed over the Centuries

190

(1)

Inferior Planets, Motions of

191

(2)

Inuit Cosmology

193

(2)

Iron-Age Roundhouses

195

(2)

Is Paras

197

(2)

Islamic Astronomy

199

(4)

Island of the Sun

203

(4)

Javanese Calendar

207

(1)

Julian Calendar

208

(3)

Kintraw

211

(2)

Kukulcan

213

(2)

Kumukahi

215

(2)

Kumulipo

217

(2)

Lakota Sacred Geography

219

(2)

Land of the Rising Sun

221

(2)

Landscape

223

(1)

Ley Lines

224

(3)

Lockyer, Sir Norman (1836--1920)

227

(1)

Lunar and Luni-Solar Calendars

228

(2)

Lunar Eclipses

230

(4)

Lunar Parallax

234

(1)

Lunar Phase Cycle

235

(2)

Maes Howe

237

(3)

Magellanic Clouds

240

(1)

Mangareva

241

(2)

Maya Long Count

243

(3)

Medicine Wheels

246

(2)

``Megalithic Astronomy''

248

(1)

``Megalithic'' Calendar

248

(2)

Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland

250

(2)

Megalithic ``Observatories''

252

(1)

Meridian

253

(2)

Mesoamerican Calendar Round

255

(4)

Mesoamerican Cross-Circle Designs

259

(2)

Methodology

261

(4)

Mid-Quarter Days

265

(1)

Minoan Temples and Tombs

266

(1)

Misminay

267

(2)

Mithraism

269

(2)

Monuments and Cosmology

271

(1)

Moon, Motions of

272

(2)

Mursi Calendar

274

(5)

Na Pali Chant

279

(3)

Nabta Playa

282

(2)

Namoratung'a

284

(2)

Nasca Lines and Figures

286

(6)

Nationalism

292

(1)

Navajo Cosmology

293

(2)

Navajo Hogan

295

(1)

Navajo Star Ceilings

296

(2)

Navigation

298

(2)

Navigation in Ancient Oceania

300

(4)

Nebra Disc

304

(3)

Necker Island

307

(2)

Newgrange

309

(3)

Nissen, Heinrich (1839--1912)

312

(1)

Nuraghi

313

(4)

Obliquity of the Ecliptic

317

(2)

Orientation

319

(2)

Orion

321

(4)

Palaeoscience

325

(3)

Pantheon

328

(1)

Pawnee Cosmology

329

(2)

Pawnee Earth Lodge

331

(1)

Pawnee Star Chart

332

(1)

Pilgrimage

333

(3)

Polynesian and Micronesian Astronomy

336

(4)

Polynesian Temple Platforms and Enclosures

340

(3)

Power

343

(2)

Precession

345

(2)

Precision and Accuracy

347

(1)

Prehistoric Tombs and Temples in Europe

348

(3)

Presa de la Mula

351

(2)

Pyramids of Giza

353

(4)

Quipu

357

(4)

Recumbent Stone Circles

361

(3)

Refraction

364

(1)

Roman Astronomy and Astrology

365

(1)

Rujm el-Hiri

366

(3)

Sacred Geographies

369

(1)

Sarmizegetusa Regia

370

(2)

Saroeak

372

(3)

Science or Symbolism?

375

(1)

Short Stone Rows

376

(2)

Sky Bears

378

(2)

Solar Eclipses

380

(4)

Solstices

384

(1)

Solstitial Alignments

385

(3)

Solstitial Directions

388

(1)

Somerville, Boyle (1864--1936)

389

(1)

Son Mas

390

(1)

Space and Time, Ancient Perceptions of

390

(2)

Star and Crescent Symbol

392

(2)

Star Compasses of the Pacific

394

(2)

Star Names

396

(1)

Star of Bethlehem

396

(2)

Star Rising and Setting Positions

398

(1)

Statistical Analysis

399

(2)

Stone Circles

401

(4)

Stonehenge

405

(4)

Sun, Motions of

409

(1)

Superior Planets, Motions of

410

(2)

Swedish Rock Art

412

(2)

Symbols

414

(3)

Taulas

417

(2)

Temple Alignments in Ancient Greece

419

(2)

Teotihuacan Street Grid

421

(2)

Theodolite Surveys

423

(2)

Thom, Alexander (1894--1985)

425

(2)

Thornborough

427

(2)

Tri-Radial Cairns

429

(4)

Venus in Mesoamerica

433

(2)

Wedge Tombs

435

(4)

Years B.C.E. and Years before 0

439

(1)

Yekuana Roundhouses

439

(4)

Zenith Passage of the Sun

443

(1)

Zenith Stars in Polynesia

444

(1)

Zenith Tubes

445

(4)

Bibliography

449

(34)

Glossary

483

(4)

Topic Index

487

(4)

Geographical Index

491

(4)

Chronological Index

495

(4)

Cultural Index

499

(4)

Index

503

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