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9780500275573 | Updated edition (Thames & Hudson, May 1, 2001), cover price $14.95
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9789056993023 | G & B Science Pub, April 1, 2001, cover price $169.95
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9780802713810 | Walker & Co, April 1, 2001, cover price $13.00
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9780880292955 | Hippocrene Books, July 1, 1989, cover price $9.96
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9780964169487 | Hubert Allen & Assocs, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Hawkins takes readers on a whirlwind trip of the globe in search of ancient astronomy and a scientific understanding of calendar-keeping.
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9780486411453 | Dover Pubns, March 17, 2000, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: As commonly used, the term "megaliths" refers to huge, free-standing, neolithic stones whose origin and meaning have long been debated by archaeologists and students of prehistory.
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9780300078145 | Slp edition (Yale Univ Pr, May 11, 1999), cover price $95.00
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9781630261665, titled "Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power" | Turner Pub Co, March 12, 1999, cover price $39.95
9780471048633 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, November 1, 1996, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Looks at the role of astronomy in ancient cultures, and explains how astronomical knowledge was used for religious and political purposes
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9780471329756, titled "Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power" | Turner Pub Co, March 12, 1999, cover price $30.00
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9780471159421 | John Wiley & Sons Inc, May 1, 1997, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Explores how the Mayans, Incans, and the people who constructed Stonehenge made sense of the heavens, and explains the mathematical system the Mayan developed to track celestial movements
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9780471329763 | Reprint edition (John Wiley & Sons Inc, January 1, 1999), cover price $22.00
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9780807123218 | Reprint edition (Louisiana State Univ Pr, October 1, 1998), cover price $23.95
9781569249208 | Reprint edition (Marlowe & Co, August 1, 1990), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A leading literary critic discusses Poe's career, focusing on the images and patterns which his tales and poetry evoke
9780394729084 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, February 1, 1985), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A leading literary critic discusses Poe's career, focusing on the images and patterns which his tales and poetry evoke
9780380414598 | Avon Books, November 1, 1978, cover price $2.95 | also contains Skyscapes: The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology
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9780964169456 | Hubert Allen & Assocs, September 1, 1998, cover price $18.95
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9780684845128 | Free Pr, November 1, 1997, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Argues that Stonehenge's scientific purpose was to observe the setting midwinter sun, and that astronomical observations made by the ancient Britons were as rational and methodical as they are today
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9780871088581 | Pruett Pub Co, November 1, 1997, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Discusses the astronomical observations of the Native Americans, and describes their folklore concerning the stars
Product Description: This unique collection of essays investigates both ancient and modern Mayan texts and describes concepts of timekeeping and their role in Mayan culture. Including contributions from anthropologists, a mathematician, an art historian, and a linguist, the interdisciplinary approach in this innovative book offers a synthesis of past and present-day dialogue between people and the world of nature around, and especially above them...read more
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9780195068443 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 26, 1992, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: This unique collection of essays investigates both ancient and modern Mayan texts and describes concepts of timekeeping and their role in Mayan culture.
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9780826313119 | Univ of New Mexico Pr, December 1, 1991, cover price $24.95
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9780826315601 | Reprint edition (Univ of New Mexico Pr, November 1, 1994), cover price $29.95
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9780892815098 | Reprint edition (Inner Traditions, October 1, 1994), cover price $19.95
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9780895990372 | Smithsonian Books, December 1, 1993, cover price $24.95
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9781555661168 | Rev sub edition (Johnson Books, April 1, 1993), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Archaeoastronomy is a discipline pioneered at Stonehenge and other megalithic sites in Britain and France.
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9780553077407 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, November 1, 1991, cover price $21.50 | About this edition: An introduction to the science of archaeoastronomy journeys to some of the world's most ancient ruins to illuminate the origins of science and religion and detail the discoveries of ancient astronomers
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9780553370829 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, December 1, 1992), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: An introduction to the science of archaeoastronomy journeys to some of the world's most ancient ruins to detail the discoveries of ancient astronomers
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9780465019519 | Reprint edition (Basic Books, June 1, 1991), cover price $12.95 | also contains Sparky's First Space Adventure: Space Is a Fun, Scary Space | About this edition: Compares contemporary timekeeping methods and related cultural perspectives to those of seminomadic tribes and classical civilizations, tracing the influence of calendars, datebooks, clocks, and other means of measuring humankind's most valuable commodity
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9780892813377 | Reissue edition (Destiny Books, November 1, 1989), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Discusses the astronomical influences on archaeological sites, looks at ruins in Europe and the Americas, and describes lines and standing stones thought to mark astronomical positions
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9780880291477 | Hippocrene Books, November 1, 1988, cover price $18.95
9780385041270 | Doubleday, June 1, 1965, cover price $5.98 | About this edition: On Salisbury Plain in southern England stands an awesome arrangement of stones that has been the subject of countless studies, poems, and legends dating back beyond the days of King Arthur and his court.
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9780385289740 | Dell Pub Co, September 1, 1978, cover price $4.50 | also contains The Case of the Haunted History Museum | About this edition: "In his 1965 book, Stonehenge Decoded, Hawkins argued that the various features at the monument were arranged in such a way as to predict a variety of astronomical events.
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9780292703490 | Univ of Texas Pr, January 1, 1982, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Above Misminay, the sky also is so divided by the alternation of the two axes of the Milky Way passing through the zenith.
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9780292704046 | Reprint edition (Univ of Texas Pr, July 1, 1988), cover price $25.00 | also contains Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain Management: Functions, Business Processes and Software for Manufacturing Companies | About this edition: Above Misminay, the sky also is so divided by the alternation of the two axes of the Milky Way passing through the zenith.
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9780912535036 | Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, July 1, 1987, cover price $21.00
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9780395354148 | Houghton Mifflin, August 1, 1984, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Analyzes the astronomical systems and key observation sites of Native Americans to show the impact of astronomy on Native American cosmology, art, agriculture, religion, folklore, and mythology
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9780806120348 | Univ of Oklahoma Pr, June 1, 1987, cover price $24.95
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9780802707451 | Walker & Co, April 1, 1984, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: An examination of ancient astronomy looks at the myths and beliefs about the heavens that influenced everyday life in these primitive cultures
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9780806119199 | Reprint edition (Univ of Oklahoma Pr, February 1, 1985), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: An examination of ancient astronomy looks at the myths and beliefs about the heavens that influenced everyday life in these primitive cultures
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