Skywatching in the Ancient World: New Perspectives in Cultural Astronomy Studies in Honor of Anthony F. Aveni - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0870818872 ISBN 13: 9780870818875

Casa editrice: Univ Pr of Colorado, 2007

Riassunto

Compiled in honour of Anthony F Aveni, America's leading archaeoastronomer, "Skywatching in the Ancient World" offers state-of-the-art work in cultural astronomy by well-known experts in Mayan glyphic studies, cultural history, ethnohistory, and the history of science and of religions. This collection's wide range of outstanding scholarship reveals that cultural astronomy has come into its own. The diverse topics addressed by the contributors include the correlation between Colonial Northern Zapotec and Gregorian calendars, the Dresden Codex Venus table, new interpretations of the Lunar Almanacs in the Dresden Codex, the Tukapu and Inca calendars, temple and church orientations in ancient Hawai'i and Medieval England, and the connection in cultural imagery between astronomers (science) and wizards (magic).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ Pr of Colorado
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0870818872
• ISBN 13: 9780870818875
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 392
• Redattore: Ruggles Clive, Urton Gary