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Ocarina Books

Ocarina Books started in 1995 as distributors of archaeoastronomy books, and in particular the proceedings of the annual conferences of the European Society for Astronomy and Culture (SEAC) and the four-yearly "Oxford" international conferences on archaeoastronomy. In 2001, Ocarina began to publish books of its own. One of the first of these is Michael Hoskin's Tombs, Temples and their Orientations. A forthcoming title is Na Inoa Hoku: Hawaiian and Polynesian star names, the second edition of a catalogue by Rubellite Kawena Johnson and John Kaipo Mahelona published a quarter of a century ago, and now extensively revised by the original authors together with Clive Ruggles.

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Calendars, Symbols and Orientations: Legacies of Astronomy in Culture
by Mary Blomberg
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 literature; History and iconography of the constellations; Astronomy in art, mythology, and literature; and Orientations and their interpretations. From Stonehenge and Ramesside star clocks to the use of ropes ...
Paperback. Price US$45.00

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 US$70.00

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. Italian text with a bilingual (Italian/English) CD-ROM.
336p, 74 ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$64.00, Our Price US$50.00

Tombs, Temples and their Orientations: A New Perspective on Mediterranean Prehistory
by Michael Hoskin
This study of archaeo-astronomy 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. Although there is no over-riding explanation that ties ...
Paperback. Price US$34.95

Astronomical Traditions in Past Cultures
Koleva, Vesselina
Paperback. Price US$10.00

Astronomies and Cultures
Ruggles, C. L. N.
Hardback. Price US$25.00

Proceedings Second SEAC Conf. 1994
Schlosser, Wolfhard
Paperback. Price US$20.00