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252 pages of results. 1. "In Search of Ancient Astronomies": A Review [Kronos $]
... From: Kronos Vol. VI No. 2 (Winter 1981) Home¦ Issue Contents "In Search of Ancient Astronomies": A Review Thomas Mccreery Thomas McCreery lectures in physics at Cardonald College Glasgow. The past two decades have witnessed an ever increasing interest in archaeoastronomy, resulting in the inevitable boom in subject literature. As a rule, these publications are distinguished more for their excessive partiality and cavalier approach to data appraisal in favour of the ideas being advanced than for their critical evaluation of these hypotheses. What promised to be an exception to this trend, In Search of Ancient Astronomies, was warmly recommended by the Bulletin of the Center for Archaeoastronomy [henceforth Archaeoastronomy (BCA)(1) as being an ideal textbook on the subject. Judging by what was asserted in that journal one would have assumed the book in question to be a definitive analysis of the science. As it turned out, the book edited by Edwin Krupp and containing contributions by Krupp himself, John Eddy, Anthony Aveni, and Alexander and A. S. Thom is ...
2. The Center for Archaeoastronomy [SIS Internet Digest $]
... From: SIS Internet Digest 1998:2 (Dec 1998) Home¦ Issue Contents The Center for Archaeoastronomy http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/ For two decades, the Center for Archaeoastronomy has published the journal Archaeoastronomy. It has served as an outlet for refereed articles studying the practice, use, and meaning of astronomy in non-western cultural contexts. A broad range of topics, including indigenous cosmologies, measurement systems, calendrics, navigation, and even settlement planning, have found expression under the headings of archaeoastronomy, ethnoastronomy, and history of astronomy. During that period, the journal has evolved as this interdisciplinary field matured. With the development of this newsletter to provide timely information on new publications and conferences, the principal task of the journal has become scholarly articles and book reviews. More recently, ISAAC, the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture, was established as a professional organization to promote the academic development archaeoastronomy. The goal of this society is to enhance the professional status of archaeoastronomy by forming ties with existing international, ...
3. The Center for Archaeoastronomy [SIS Internet Digest $]
... From: SIS Internet Digest 1996:1 Home¦ Issue Contents The Center for Archaeoastronomy http://exp3.wam.umd.edu/%7Etlaloc/archastro/ The annual journal of the Center, Archaeoastronomy, was started in 1977 and is the only publication devoted exclusively to world archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy. Subscriptions include a quarterly newsletter called Archaeoastronomy& Ethnoastronomy News. One Year: Libraries and Institutions: $60.00, Individuals: $36.00; Subscriptions outside the U.S.A. must add an additional $30. The Center for Archaeoastronomy, P.O. Box "X", College Park, MD 20741-3022. USA. Tel: +1 (301) 864-6637, Fax: +1 (301) 699-5337. Journal co-Editor, Dr. David S. P. Dearborn, email: ddearborn@llnl.gov. Publications of the Center include: Archaeoastronomy in the Americas edited by Ray A. Williamson, 404pp, $26, ISBN 0-87919-094-9. When Stars Came Down to Earth: Cosmology of the Skidi Pawnee Indians of North America by Von Del Chamberlain $20, 272 pp, typeset ...
4. Archaeoastronomy (maverick science) [Maverick Science Website]
... maverick science.com Artists menu Home Saturn Theory Venus Mars Myth Archaeo- astronomy Evolution History Site Map Home Archaeoastronomy Archaeoastronomy Babylonian clay tablet Archaeoastronomy, together with ethnoastronomy and related disciplines, seeks to measure a culture's interest in astronomical phenomena by investigating its astral lore, sacred rituals, calendrical systems, and architectural structures. The more anthropologists learn about ancient and aboriginal cultures, the more obvious it becomes how important a role celestial matters played in their intellectual life and sacred institutions. Already at the dawn of history in Mesopotamia, the planet Venus figures prominently in the earliest religious temples. Planetary worship is also widespread in Mesoamerica, where the observation and veneration of the various planets formed a virtual obsession. I have written extensively on the role of Venus and the other planets in ancient myth and religion. The following articles address important issues in archaeoastronomy: Planets and Suns in Neolithic Rock Art The History of the Solar System (PDF) Astral Religion in Ancient Egypt Martian Meteorites (PDF) ...
5. SIS Internet Digest 1996 Number 1 [SIS Internet Digest $]
... From: SIS Internet Digest 1996 Number 1 Texts Home¦ Internet Digest Home Society for Interdisciplinary Studies Internet Digest ISSN 1362-7686 1996 No. 1 Editor/Compiler: Ian Tresman. 9 Ashdown Drive, Borehamwood, Herts. WD6 4LZ. UK Tel: +44 181 953 7722. Fax: +44 181 905 1879. Email: iantresman@easynet.co.uk© April 1996 The Society for Interdisciplinary Studies 1996 Number 1 From the Web site for The Center for Archaeoastronomy (page 4) Contents About the SIS; How to Join Introduction, What's on the Internet Catastrophism Archive Project, A Plea World Wide Web focus Web Words and phrases How to read a Web address Egyptology Home Page Perseus Project Home Page Akkadian language Cosmos and Chronos Home Page Govardhan Hill Publishing The Journal of Scientific Exploration Noncanonical Homepage Mythtext: Mythology from All Over The World Ancient World Web American Journal of Archaeology Duke Papyrus Archive The Center for Archaeoastronomy Annotated Bibliography for Catastrophism Books by Jerry L. Ziegler Kronia Communications International Workshop Tunguska UseNet newsgroup focus How to read newsgroups messages Newsgroups: alt.archaeology Why is Velikovsky ...
6. Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy Conference [SIS Internet Digest $]
... From: SIS Internet Digest 1998:2 (Dec 1998) Home¦ Issue Contents Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy Conference http://www.mcc.rcanaria.es/oxford6/oxford6.htm Oxford VI International Conference on Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture and the S.E.A.C. 1999 Annual Meeting in the city of La Laguna, (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain), Monday, June 21st 1999, to late afternoon on Tuesday June 29th 1999. The sessions will take up to some 35 hours divided as follows (subject to change): 5 invited conferences (one per day) of 45 min plus 5 min for questions, i.e. 50 min each. We have already invited the following lecturers: Prof. Michael Hoskin. Cambridge University. Prof. Carlos Jaschek. S.E.A.C. Prof. Stephen McCluskey. West Virginia University. Prof. Antonio Tejera Gaspar. Universidad de La Laguna. Prof. Alexander Gurshtein (public lecture). Mesa State University. 10 invited reviews (one per session) of 30 min plus 5 min for questions, i.e. 35 min each. The following ...
7. South American-polynesian Contacts At Easter Island [Science Frontiers Website]
... Science Frontiers ONLINE No. 29: Sep-Oct 1993 Issue Contents Other pages Home Page Science Frontiers Online All Issues This Issue Sourcebook Project Sourcebook Subjects South american-polynesian contacts at easter island In a letter to Archaeoastronomy, Jim Wheeler lists three bits of evidence suggesting that there were ancient contacts between South America and Easter Island. The Rapa Nui legends mention the arrival of strange men (about 25) from the east. Excavation of the ancient Easter Island tombs in 1981 revealed that some of the skeletons belonged to American Indians. The wall of carved stone at Vinapu on Easter Island is almost identical with the South American stone structures at Pisac and Machu Picchu. (Wheeler, Jim; "Comment on Ben Finney's Review," Archaeoastronomy, 5:8, July-September 1983.) Reference. Many articles on the anomalous diffusion of culture are presented in our Handbook: Ancient Man. For ordering information, go to: here. From Science Frontiers #29, SEP-OCT 1983.© 1983-2000 William R. Corliss Other Sites of Interest SIS. Catastrophism, archaeoastronomy, ancient history ...
8. Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture [SIS Internet Digest $]
... From: SIS Internet Digest 1997:2 (Feb 1998) Home¦ Issue Contents Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:56:32 -0500 (EST) La Laguna, November 1997 It is a pleasure to inform you that, hopefully, in two years from now we will be celebrating the Oxford VI International Conference on Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture and the S.E.A.C. 1999 Annual Meeting in the city of San Cristobal de La Laguna, (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain), forward on the topic Astronomy and Cultural Diversity. The Conference will be jointly organized by:* Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias* Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos del Cabildo de Tenerife* Universidad de La Laguna (Departamentos de Astrofísica y de Prehistoria, Antropología e Historia Antigua)* with the collaboration of the Archaeological Museum of Tenerife. The meeting would last from Morning of Monday, June 21st, 1999, to late afternoon on Tuesday, June 29th, 1999, La Laguna, Tenerife. General Topics and Methodology:* New Research ...
9. The rabbit in the moon: more evidence of diffusion? [Science Frontiers Website]
... Science Frontiers ONLINE No. 45: May-Jun 1986 Issue Contents Other pages Home Page Science Frontiers Online All Issues This Issue Sourcebook Project Sourcebook Subjects The rabbit in the moon: more evidence of diffusion? A Mixtec stela from Tiaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexica, showing the rabbit in the moon motif. Diffusionists seize upon all manner of artifacts to prove that peoples of the various continents made frequent contacts among themselves long before the European exploration of the planet. In the latest issue of Archaeoastronomy (dated 1984 but published in 1986), C.R. Wicke analyzed the rabbit-in-themoon motif. "Representations of a hare or rabbit on the moon are found in the art of ancient China and in Pre-Columbian Mexico. Mythologies of both areas also place a rabbit on the moon. Although such linkage might appear to be arbitrary, a comparison of the visible surface of the full moon with the silhouette of a rabbit does reveal a degree of congruence. Not only the distinctive ears of the rabbit but also other features appear to be delineated on the moon's surface." Could the parallelisms ...
10. Towards a Science of Mythology: Velikovsky's Contribution [Aeon Journal $]
... 127 BCE, but according to de Santillana and von Dechend, already well-known in the Near East several millennia earlier. (18) It was the diffusion of this ancient "science" (by whom or by what means is not explained) which accounts for the presence of identical mythical motives around the globe. (19) Not surprisingly, this hypothesis has failed to find favor among historians of science, nor, for that matter, has Hamlet's Mill had any discernible impact upon subsequent studies of ancient myth. (20) Archaeoastronomy In recent years interest in traditions surrounding the planets has experienced a resurgence due to the emergence of archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy as serious fields of research. (21) Scholars in these respective fields comb the architectural structures, sacred writings, and iconography of ancient cultures in both the New World and Old for some reference to celestial goings-on. Here, too, more than one of these researchers has stumbled across data supportive of Velikovsky's general thesis of planetary catastrophism, although the far-reaching ramifications of such discordant data are typically (mis)interpreted ...
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