archaeoastronomy

(ar-kee-oh-ă-stron -ŏ-mee) The astronomy of early or nonliterate cultures, of interest to astronomers, archaeologists, and anthropologists. Many megalithic sites in the UK, Europe, and North and South America are thought to have been used for astronomical measurements and predictions.

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Carlson, director of the Center for Archaeoastronomy in College Park, Md., the new results provide "a fundamental set of limits and cautions" for people who study the ancient observatories.

Reflections on refraction: a source of ancient imprecision still humbles astronomers

(2006): "Which equinox?", Archaeoastronomy, Journal for Astronomy in Culture, 20, pp.

Orientatio ad sidera: astronomia y paisaje urbano en Qart Hadast/Carthago Nova

Indeed, archaeoastronomy seems to have begun with work on the medicine wheels of Native Americans, done in the 1960s and '70s by John Eddy of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.

The old and the ethnic in astronomy

Bricker, Victoria, "A Method for Dating Venus Almanacs in the Borgia Codex", en Archaeoastronomy, 26 (JHA, XXXI), 2001, p.

Venus mas alla de las tablas astronomicas. Una relectura de las laminas 53-54 del Codice Borgia

Journal for the History of Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy Supplement, 28: S1.

El complejo megalitico de Monte Baranta en Cerdena: ?centro de peregrinaje en la Edad del Bronce Antiguo?

According to Giulio Magli, professor of archaeoastronomy at Milan's Polytechnic University, Machu Picchu was the ideal counterpart of the Island of Sun, a rocky islet in the southern part of Lake Titicaca.

Machu Picchu was pilgrimage center, not true city, say researchers

Four main areas are addressed: archaeoastronomy, geoarchaeology, landscape studies, and spatial analysis.

Space and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology

South to the island of Gotland we have a United Nations Heritage site on our agenda, as well as explorations of countryside archaeoastronomy sites.

SIERRA CLUB OUTINGS 2002 International and Domestic Winter Trips

Our focus is the study of the ancient cultures of the Americas, a facet of which has been archaeoastronomy. This has fostered in our group a love for astronomy as a whole, both ancient and modern.

Expanding club membership

Archaeoastronomy: a new perspective in the archaeological research

Arqueoastronomia: una nueva perspectiva en la investigacion arqueologica

These invisible lines would connect most of the funerary complexes raised by the kings of the Old Kingdom between 2630 and 2323 BC, Giulio Magli, professor of archaeoastronomy at Milan's Polytechnic University, told Discovery News.

Egypt's pyramids point towards city of Sun God

Sadowski, "The Night of Blas Botello: On a Certain Astrological Prediction During the Conquest of Mexico", en Readings in Archaeoastronomy, Stanislaw Iwaniszewski, (editor), Warsaw, Warsaw University Cooperative Publication, 1992, p.

Indios y espanoles frente a practicas adivinatorias y presagios durante la conquista de Mexico