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- catalog abstract "Archaeoastronomy is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary inquiry into the minds of our prehistoric and ancient ancestors, one that attempts to reconstruct the ways in which early peoples made use of the sky and its significance to them. Astronomy appears to be a fundamental component of culture, making the scope of archaeoastronomy worldwide. This book, reviewing recent research, includes new material on the megalith builders in Western Europe, North American Indians, the literate civilizations of Mesoamerica, the Andean culture of the Incas, and the Egyptians, among others. Recent discoveries and controversies are highlighted, and the relationship of ancient skywatching to the development of true science is explored. This is not a tracing of the historical thread leading from pre-science to science; rather it is a cross-cultural search for those elements of prescientific activity that might give us a hint of the process of evolution of our own relationship with the sky.".
- catalog contributor b335613.
- catalog contributor b335614.
- catalog contributor b335615.
- catalog created "1984.".
- catalog date "1984".
- catalog date "1984.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1984.".
- catalog description "Archaeoastronomy is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary inquiry into the minds of our prehistoric and ancient ancestors, one that attempts to reconstruct the ways in which early peoples made use of the sky and its significance to them. Astronomy appears to be a fundamental component of culture, making the scope of archaeoastronomy worldwide. This book, reviewing recent research, includes new material on the megalith builders in Western Europe, North American Indians, the literate civilizations of Mesoamerica, the Andean culture of the Incas, and the Egyptians, among others. Recent discoveries and controversies are highlighted, and the relationship of ancient skywatching to the development of true science is explored. This is not a tracing of the historical thread leading from pre-science to science; rather it is a cross-cultural search for those elements of prescientific activity that might give us a hint of the process of evolution of our own relationship with the sky.".
- catalog description "As the world turns / E.C. Krupp -- California's first astronomers / Travis Hudson -- Solar and lunar observatories of the megalithic astronomers / Archibald S. Thom -- Stones and henges: megalithic astronomy reviewed / Ronald Hicks -- The nature of Mesoamerican astronomy: a look at the native texts / John B. Carlson -- The view from the tropics / Anthony F. Aveni -- Egyptian astronomy: a tale of temples, tradition, and tombs / E.C. Krupp.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 336 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Archaeoastronomy and the roots of science.".
- catalog identifier "0865314063".
- catalog isFormatOf "Archaeoastronomy and the roots of science.".
- catalog isPartOf "AAAS selected symposium ; 71".
- catalog issued "1984".
- catalog issued "1984.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, Colo. : Published by Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science,".
- catalog relation "Archaeoastronomy and the roots of science.".
- catalog subject "Archaeoastronomy.".
- catalog subject "Astronomy.".
- catalog subject "GN 799 .A8 A73 1984".
- catalog subject "QB16 .A73 1984".
- catalog tableOfContents "As the world turns / E.C. Krupp -- California's first astronomers / Travis Hudson -- Solar and lunar observatories of the megalithic astronomers / Archibald S. Thom -- Stones and henges: megalithic astronomy reviewed / Ronald Hicks -- The nature of Mesoamerican astronomy: a look at the native texts / John B. Carlson -- The view from the tropics / Anthony F. Aveni -- Egyptian astronomy: a tale of temples, tradition, and tombs / E.C. Krupp.".
- catalog title "Archaeoastronomy and the roots of science / edited by E.C. Krupp.".
- catalog type "text".