Astronomy and Ancient Calendars

ISBN: 9781842173022
Published by : Oxbow Books
Dates form the backbone of written history. But where do these dates come from? Many different calendars were used in the ancient world. Some of these calendars were based upon observations or calculations of regular astronomical phenomena, su... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780954086725
Published by : Ocarina Books
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, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788883047619
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
Catalogo dell'omonima mostra allestita presso il Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze (18 giugno - 18 dicembre 2004). We have chosen to base the story of this World View Network project on the scholarly giants Nicolaus Copernicus, Thyco Bra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841715247
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR Archaeopress
Volume: 1154
The study of astronomy in ancient societies is becoming ever more popular among archaeologists as is reflected in this collection of twelve papers been taken from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Eighth Annual Meetin... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789150616743
Published by : Ocarina Books
Series: Uppsala Astronomical Observatory Report
Volume: 59
This collection of twenty-four papers examines the numerous ways in which the stars influenced our ancestors' view of the world. The papers are divided into five categories: Archaeoastronomical theory; Calendars in artefacts, folklore, and lite... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813530888
Published by : Rutland Local History & Record Society
This collection brings together twenty-eight of noted astronomer Donald Fernie's best "Marginalia" columns from American Scientist magazine. Published between 1985 and the present (and updated as necessary), the articles focus on the history o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700130284
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
A large volume of tablets, transliterated by Abraham Sachs and Hermann Hunger, of lunar and planetary information dating from the 8th to 1st century BC. The first part examines tablets relating to the moon, especially eclipse reports, the secon... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780954086701
Published by : Ocarina Books
The proceedings of the 1998 Société Européenne pour l'Astronomie dans la Culture conference held in Dublin with 15 papers, all in English, covering various periods and parts of the world; Palaeolithic Europe, Minoan and Mycenaean Crete, pre-Hispan... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783000012433
Published by : Ocarina Books
This collection of papers from the second SEAC conference examine the relationship between archaeoastronomy, ancient cosmology and field methodology. Contributors include Clive Ruggles and Frank Prendergast, Stanislaw Iwaniszewski, Zdenek Ministr,... .... Learn More