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Aboriginal (Native American) Star Knowledge: Menu __ This is a combination of basic astronomy, archaeoastronomy, and Native American mysticism which creates a very interesting website. - illustrated - By Paula Giese - http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stars/starmenu.html
Ancient Astronomy __ An Interactive Atlas of World Astronomy with good texts and links to additional material. "In addition to these resources, we also include an online tour of the Maya Dresden Codex and the Aztec Borgian Codex and sample essays and final projects from students in the Pomona College Ancient Cosmology course taught by Dr. Penprase." - illustrated - http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/index.html
Ancient Tomb Captured both Sun and Moon __ "An ancient Irish tomb may have been built with a light chamber aligned not only to the Sun, but to the Moon as well." Read about the discovery and the archaeological evidence in this BBC article. - illustrated - From BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/313720.stm
Archaeoastronomy __ An excellent website about archaeoastronomy and the megalithic monuments of Ireland. Many articles, charts and more. - illustrated - From Paul Griffin - http://www.bluhorizonlines.org/
Archaeoastronomy __ A great introduction to archaeoastronomy from Thinkquest. Articles, quizzes, regional information and more. - illustrated - From Thinkquest - http://library.thinkquest.org/C0118421/whata.html
Archaeoastronomy __ Learn about ancient astronomy and ancient observations in Egypt and India. You will also find some good links - illustrated - By Chris L Peterson - http://www.cloudbait.com/archaeoastronomy.html
Archaeoastronomy __ "This Page is a project for an Astronomy course At Plymouth State College during the Spring Semester of 1998. Plymouth, New Hampshire" You can learn what archaeoastronomy is and how it is applied. - http://oz.plymouth.edu/~sci_ed/Turski/Courses/Astronomy/Projects/chrisd/archaeo.html
Archaeoastronomy __ Website includes links to a collection of some 1100 images of archaeological and archaeoastronomical sites in Britain, mainland Europe, Mesoamerica, South America, Australia and Polynesia. - From Clive Ruggles, University of Leicester - http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/rug/rug.html
ArchaeoAstronomy - Archaeology __ This is an interview with David S. P.
Dearborn. He is an astrophysicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
and co-editor of Archaeoastronomy, A Journal for Astronomy in Culture, as well
as Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy News. - From About.com -
http://archaeology.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa041998.htm
Archaeoastronomy in Denmark __ "Danish historians do not yet accept astronomical
explanations to prehistoric findings; instead, they prefer other
interpretations. In other countries the subject is more accepted . In England
the subject was taken seriously after the interpretation of Stonehenge as a
Sun-Moon observatory (Hawkins, 1963). Since then several stonemonuments have
been explained in a similar way." Learn about what is taking place in Denmark in
archaeoastronomy in this brief overview. - From Erling Poulsen -
http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/archaeoas.htm
Archaeoastronomy: Encyclopedia Article from Wikipedia __ Find a brief introduction to archaeoastronomy, plus a few links to related subjects. - From Wikipedia - http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy in Gotland __ "There are about 3600 known grooves in stones in Gotland. 700 are in the bedrock, which is limestone, and the rest in about 800 stones. The lenght of the grooves varies from about 0.5 to 1 metre. They are between 5 cm to 10 cm wide and 1 cm to 10 cm in depth. They are shaped as though they were made by a tool fixed on a pendulum, the cross section of the lenght of each mark being in most cases part of a circle. The most important feature of the grooves is alignment. A study of 1256 grooves showed that they are aligned with certain positions of the celestial bodies, apparently the sun or the moon." Read about the theory behind this study. - illustrated - By Sören Gannholm - http://www.stavar.i.se/grooves/grooves.html
Archaeoastronomy Home __ "Ancient astronomers who worshipped the rhythms of the heavens hundreds and thousands of years ago often left evidence of their cosmology. Stonehenge, Newgrange, Avebury, the Rollrights, Ogam solar alignments along the Arkansas River, Giza, Mayan temples and other sites across the face of our globe are testimony to the wonder felt by our ancestral sky watchers." You will find basic information plus a special section about archaeoastronomy in the ancient American Southwest. - illustrated - From TransVision Corp - http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/
Archaeoastronomy Looks at Equinox, Solsltice and Cross-quarter Events Throughout the Year __ Some of the material here gets quite 'new age' but the basics are well presented. You will find astronomical history and calculation aids. - illustrated - From Archaeoastronomy.com - http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/
Archaeoastronomy at Mounds State Park by Donald R. Cochran __ A brief but
important paragraph demonstrating the use of astronomy in the Adena cosmology. -
By Donald R. Cochran (Department of Anthropology, Ball State University)
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http://www.gbl.indiana.edu/abstracts/88/cochran_88.html
Archaeogeodesy, a Key to Prehistory __ The opening paragraph gives a good
overview. "Archaeogeodesy can be defined as that area of study encompassing
prehistoric and ancient place determination, point positioning, navigation (on
land or water), astronomy, geodynamic phenomena, and measure and representation
of the earth. Archaeogeodesy, by combining fundamental astronomy, geodetic
knowledge, applied mathematics, accurate positional data and archaeology,
presents a methodology for investigating the placements, interrelationships,
spatial properties, arrangements and architecture of prehistoric sites and
monuments." There is a great deal of information here. - illustrated - By James
Q. Jacobs -
http://www.jqjacobs.net/astro/aegeo.html
Asia __ Good general website about ancient astronomy in Asia. Good articles, interactive map and links. - illustrated - From Pomona College - http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/asia/asia.html
Astronomy in Japan __ You will find articles about archaeastronomic locations in Japan, the cultural aspects of Japanese starlore, historic astronomic events and observations in Japan, along with the general history and development of astronomy in Japan. - English, parts in Japanese - From Steve Renshaw and Saori Ihara - http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html
Babylonian Planetary Theory and the Heliocentric Concept __ A detailed paper about ancient Babylonian astronomy including ..."numerical methods and parameters found in the Babylonian Astronomical Procedure texts and Ephemerides of the Seleucid Era [310 B.C. - 75 A.D.]" - By John N. Harris, M.A. - http://www.spirasolaris.ca/sbb2c.html
The Center for Archaeoastronomy __ The Center for Archaeoastronomy publishes the journal Archaeoastronomy, and the newsletter Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy News. You will find an index of past issues, essays, and subscription information - From Center for Archaeoastronomy - http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/
Central America __ Good general website about ancient astronomy in Central America. Good articles, interactive map and links. - illustrated - From Pomona College - http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/camerica/camerica.html
Clive Ruggles's Image Collection __ Collection of some 1100 images of archaeological and archaeoastronomical interest. - illustrated - From Clive Ruggles/University of Leicester - http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/rug/image_collection/
EARTH MYSTERIES: Archaeoastronomy at Stonehenge __ "Already in the 18th century the British antiquarian William Stukeley had noticed that the horseshoe of great trilithons and the horseshoe of 19 bluestones at Stonehenge opened up in the direction of the midsummer sunrise. It was quickly surmised that the monument must have been deliberately oriented and planned so that on midsummer's morning the sun rose directly over the Heel Stone and the first rays shone into the centre of the monument between the open arms of the horseshoe arrangement." Learn how that theory has influenced the study of Stonehenge since. - illustrated - From Britannia Internet Magazine - http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehengeD.html
Megalithic sites in Ireland; Astronomy;Future Observations __ This is a general
introduction to the Megaliths of Ireland and their astronomical associations. -
illustrated (including Christmas lighting in the US?) - By Paul Griffin -
http://www.bluhorizonlines.org/
Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy by James Q. Jacobs __ "The Mesoamerican civilizations constructed numerous administrative and ceremonial centers and erected numerous monuments. These reflect astronomic knowledge and expertise in numeration and calendrics." Learn about our current knowledge and get an overview in this paper. - By James Q. Jacobs - http://www.jqjacobs.net/mesoamerica/meso_astro.html
Prof C.L.N. Ruggles: School of Archaeology and Ancient History: University of Leicester __ This site includes his galleries of archaeological and archaeoastronomical locations from around the world. - illustrated - By Prof. C.L.N. Ruggles - http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/rug/rug.html
Rundetaarn - Archaeoastronomy __ "Danish historians do not yet accept astronomical explanations to prehistoric findings; instead, they prefer other interpretations. In other countries the subject is more accepted . In England the subject was taken seriously after the interpretation of Stonehenge as a Sun-Moon observatory (Hawkins, 1963). Since then several stonemonuments have been explained in a similar way." Learn about the state of archaeoastronomy research in Denmark. - illustrated - By Erling Poulsen - http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/archaeoas.htm
Who Built the Nuraghes __ Could archaeoastronomy explain the Nuraghes of Sardinia? The author of this website thinks it quite possible. - http://web.tiscali.it/nuraghic_archaeology/
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