Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy

How human communities interpret what they perceive in the sky is vital in fulfilling humankind's most basic need to comprehend the universe it inhabits, both from a modern scientific perspective and from countless other cultural standpoints, extending right back to early prehistory. Archaeoastr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ruggles, Clive L.N (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Temas:
Astronomy.
Archaeology.
Ethnology.
Culture.
Human geography.
Physics > Philosophy.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Regional Cultural Studies.
Human Geography.
Philosophical Foundations of Physics and Astronomy.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Themes and Issues
  • Methods and Practice
  • Pre-Columbian and Indigenous North America
  • Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Mesoamerica
  • Indigenous and Islamic Astronomy in Africa Pre-Columbian and Indigenous South America
  • Prehistoric Europe (Western Part)
  • Prehistoric Europe (Central and Eastern Part) and Central Asia
  • Ancient Egypt and the Classical World
  • Traditional Astronomies in Medieval and Modern Europe
  • Ancient Near East
  • India and the Islamic Near East
  • China and the Far East
  • Oceania (Including Australasia and Malay Archipelago).

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