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Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader With Commentary
By Anthony Aveni (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Univ Pr of Colorado
Publication date September 30, 2008
Pages 826
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780870819001
ISBN-10 0870819003
Dimensions 1.75 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 2.45 lbs.
Original list price $34.95
Other format details university press
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Gazing into the black skies from the Anasazi observatory at Chimney Rock or the Castillo Pyramid in the Maya ruins of Chichén Itzá, a modern visitor might wonder what ancient stargazers looked for in the skies and what they saw. Once considered unresearchable, these questions now drive cultural astronomers who draw on written and unwritten records and a constellation of disciplines to reveal the wonders of ancient and contemporary astronomies.

Cultural astronomy, first called archaeoastronomy, has evolved at ferocious speed since its genesis in the 1960s, with seminal essays and powerful rebuttals published in far-flung, specialized journals. Until now, only the most closely involved scholars could follow the intellectual fireworks. In Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy, Anthony Aveni, one of cultural astronomy's founders and top scholars, offers a selection of the essays that built the field, from foundational works to contemporary scholarship.
Including four decades of research throughout the Americas by linguists, archaeologists, historians, ethnologists, astronomers, and engineers, this reader highlights the evolution of the field through thematic organization and point-counterpoint articles. Aveni - an award-winning author and former National Professor of the Year - serves up incisive commentary, background for the uninitiated, and suggested reading, questions, and essay topics. Students, readers, and scholars will relish this collection and its tour of a new field in which discoveries about ancient ways of looking at the skies cast light on our contemporary views.



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9780870819001 | details & prices | 826 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.75 in. | 2.45 lbs | List price $34.95
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