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Astronomy

Living the Lunar Calendar
by John M. Steele, Jonathan Ben-Dov, Wayne Horowitz
Lunar calendars suffer from an inherent uncertainty in the length of each month and the number of months in the year. Variable atmospheric conditions, weather and the acuity of the eye of an observer mean that the first sighting of the new moon crescent can never be known in advance. Calendars which rely on such observations to define the beginning of a new month therefore suffer from this lack of certainty as to whether a month will begin on a ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £32.00, Our Price GB £22.50

Calendars and Years II: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World
edited by John Steele
Understanding the calendars used by ancient and medieval cultures is essential to the writing of history. Equally important, however, is understanding the basis upon which our current knowledge of these calendars rests. This second volume of Calendars and Years explores the calendars of ancient and medieval China, India, the ancient Jewish world, the medieval Islamic world, and the Maya. Particular attention is given to the preserved ...
Paperback. Price GB £30.00

Tombs, Temples and their Orientations: A New Perspective on Mediterranean Prehistory
by Michael Hoskin
This study of archaeoastronomy looks at more than 2,500 communal tombs and sanctuaries from around the Mediterranean. After a brief discussion of Hoskin's aims and the methodology for his fieldwork, individual chapters focus on evidence from particular regions: Malta, Gozo, the Balearics, Iberia, southern France, Corsica and Sardinia, Sicily and Pantelleria, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The author concludes that in most of these regions the ...
Paperback. Price GB £21.95

Songs from the Sky: Indigenous Astronomical and Cosmological Traditions of the World
edited by Von Del Chamberlain, John B Carlson and M Jane Young
This substantial collection of papers on indigenous astronomical knowledge is quite unequalled in its scope and extent. The authors are drawn from a variety of academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, engineering, art history, history of science, history of religion, folklore, and mythology, and bring a variety of academic perspectives to bear upon aspects of celestial knowledge and perception in diverse social ...
Paperback. Price GB £34.95

Archeoastronomia: un Dibattito tra Archeologi ed Astronomi all Ricerca di un Metodo Comune
edited by Mario Codebo
This, the proceedings of a conference held by the Instituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri entitled "Archaeastronomy: a debate between archaeologists and astronomers looking for a shared method" explores our ancestors' knowledge of the movement of the planets and stars. The book is published by Ocarina Books in association with the Instituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri. 336p, 74 b/w illus, 7 tabs, bilingual CD-ROM (Ocarina Books, 2009)
Paperback. Price GB £32.00

A Brief Introduction to Astronomy in the Middle East
by John M. Steele
In this brief introduction John Steele offers an intriguing insight into Middle Eastern achievements in astronomy and their profound influence on the rest of the world. Amongst other things the book traces the Late Babylonians schemes for modelling planetary motion. It also reveals how medieval Islamic advances in the study of the heavens and the design of precise astronomical instruments led to breakthroughs by Renaissance practitioners such as ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £7.99, Our Price GB £3.95

Calendars, Symbols and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture
by Mary Blomberg
This, the proceedings of the 9th annual meeting of SEAC held in Stockholm in 2001, contains twenty-four papers on subjects ranging from Swedish calendar staffs to Ramesside star clocks, and from a possible 32,000-year old calendrical artefact in Germany to folk calendars in twentieth-century Lithuania and Bulgaria. The volume is divided into five main sections: archaeoastronomical theory; calendars in artefacts, folklore and literature; history ...
Paperback. Price GB £25.00

A Little History of Astro-Archaeology, Revised edn
by John Michell
Looks at the development of astro-archaeology initially seen as somewhat wacky, but now more accepted, and what it can tell us about ancient sites from Cuzco to Stonehenge, and ancient ideas about astronomy and relgion. 128P b/w illus (Thames and Hudson rev ed 2001)
Paperback. Price GB £7.95

Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes
Bauer, B. S.
This joint project of an astrophysicist (Dearborn) and an archeologist (Bauer) was written for the use of astronomers, archeologists, and historians. Includes sufficient background information for readers with little or no knowledge of the Andes. 220p (University of Texas Press 1995)
Paperback. Price GB £12.95

Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention
edited by Clive Ruggles and Michel Cotte
This Thematic Study is a joint venture between ICOMOS, the advisory body to UNESCO on cultural sites, and the International Astronomical Union. It presents an overall vision on astronomical heritage, attempts to identify what constitutes "outstanding ...
Paperback. Price GB £24.00