دانلود کتاب Beyond Paradigms in Cultural Astronomy: Proceedings of the 27th SEAC conference held together with the EAA

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Cover Title page Copyright page Of Related Interest Contents Foreword Part 1: Cultural Astronomy, Skyscape and Ontology: How Celestial Objects and Events have Featured in the Belief Systems, Cosmologies and Woldviews of Different Societies 1. Do Ancient Egyptian Almanacs Show Evidence of Celestial Recurrence? 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Pharaonic menologies and hemerologies 1.3 Schematic distribution of one third of all prognoses 1.4 Transformation of the almanac’s intervals into time points 1.5 Explanation of the period ~2.85 1.6 Explanation of the split differences 1.7 Arithmetic conclusion 1.8 Different statistical techniques for periodicity analysis 1.9 Can Rayleigh test be used to determine periodicity in the data series? 1.10 Dependence on the placement of the time pointso ver the day 1.11 Comparing different sources 1.12 Comparing different statistical techniques for periodicities 1.13 Fixed almanac prognoses relating to recurrent celestial events 1.14 Statistical conclusions 1.15 Overall conclusions 2. “Cosmic” Containers − Elements and Representatives of Ancient Cosmovisions 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Notional “cosmic containers” in mythical cosmovisions 2.3 Containers with cosmic symbolism 2.3.1 Shape 2.3.2 Material 2.3.3 Manufacturing 2.3.4 Décor 2.3.5 Context of use 2.4 Conclusion References 3. Solstice Azimuths as Design Elements at Angkor Wat and Nearby Temples 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Methods 3.3 Results 3.3.1 Angkor Wat 3.3.2 Other Nearby Sites 3.4 Discussion 3.5 Concluding remarks Acknowledgements References 4. Returning from the Underworld: The West Kennet Palisades in the Avebury Monument Complex 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Framing the West Kennet Palisades 4.3 The archaeology of the West Kennet Palisades 4.4 The skyscape archaeology of Enclosure 2 of the West Kennet Palisades 4.5 Conclusion References Part 2: Frontiers in Theory, Methodology and Education within Cultural Astronomy 5. Beyond Paradigms: Archaeoastronomy as a New Interpretation Key to Understand the Function and Meaning of Ancient Roman Buildings 5.1 Foreword 5.2 Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli (Rome) 5.3 The Pantheon 5.3.1 Previous studies 5.3.2 The hierophanies of the Pantheon 5.3.3 Our discovery: the hierophanies of the Arc ofLight and the Square of Light 5.3.4 The symbolic meaning of the Arc of Light 5.4 Conclusions on the Pantheon References 6. Astronomical Data and Their Usefulness for Dating Ancient Societies 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Ancient Egyptian Calendars 6.3 Ancient Mesopotamian Calendars 6.4 General problems 6.5 Egypt in the first half of the second millennium BCE 6.6 Mesopotamia in the first half of the second millennium BCE References 7. Teaching Cultural Astronomy to Undergraduateswith an Interdisciplinary Frame 7.1 Introduction 7.2 What to teach? 7.3 Astronomy, Maps, and Mapping 7.4 Data Collection Methods and Case Studies 7.5 Student Responses 7.6 Conclusions References 8. The Chiemgau Impact: Evidence of a Latest Bronze Age/EarlyIron Age Meteorite Impact in the Archaeological Record, andResulting Critical Considerations of Catastrophism 8.1 Introduction: Did meteorite impacts shape humancultures? 8.2 Holocene meteorite impacts and presumedcultural implications: some caveats 8.3 New aspects from the Holocene Chiemgaumeteorite impact 8.3.1 The Holocene Chiemgau Impact 8.3.2 The verification of a meteorite impact in anarchaeological context by artefacts constituting partof an impact rock − the first evidence worldwide 8.3.3 The dating of the Holocene Chiemgaumeteorite impact 8.4 The question of a cultural catastrophe scenario 8.4.1 Consequences on the supra-regional level? 8.4.2 Consequences on a local scale? 8.5 Conclusion References 9. How Do We Know What They Were Thinking?Archaeoastronomy between Science and Speculation −Palaeolithic Case Studies 9.1 Introduction 9.2 From Astro-Archaeology to Cultural Astronomy 9.3 How can the range of topics and the methodologyof Cultural Astronomy be determined? 9.4 The Integral Methodology as a scientific approach −Case studies from the Palaeolithic 9.5 Some points of an Integral Methodology 9.6 Conclusion References 10. Archaeoastronomical Sites as Fields of Relationship 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Relational Ontologies 10.3 Ingold’s relational fields 10.4 Towards a relational ontological approachin archaeoastronomy 10.5 Alignments 10.6 Archaeoastronomical sites as relational fields 10.7 Conclusions Acknowledgments References 11. Some Thoughts on the Skycultures in Stellarium 11.1 Introduction 11.2 The “skyculture” concept in Stellarium 11.3 Non-Western constellation concepts 11.4 Lost in Translation? 11.5 Classification 11.6 Future work Acknowledgements References 12. Virtual Archaeoastronomy with Stellarium: An Overview 12.1 Introduction 12.2 A Software Gap 12.2.1 Archaeology 12.2.2 Astronomy 12.3 Bridging the Gap 12.3.1 The Landscape Horizon 12.3.2 Four-dimensional Virtual Archaeoastronomy 12.4 Limitations 12.5 Discussion and Future Work Acknowledgements References Part 3: The Archaeology of Astronomy: Concepts of Spaceand Time Materialised in Cultures 13. Pisces, a Zodiac Sign Engraved on a Nabataean TombFaçade in Hegra 13. 1 Introduction 13.2 Concepts of Space and Time Materializedin the Nabataean Civilization 13.2.1 Nabataean artifacts featuring astronomicalelements and time tracking tools 13.3 Results and Analysis 13.4 Discussion Acknowledgements References 14. Orientation Analysis of the Monumental Architectural Remainsat Phrygian Site Kerkenes, Turkey 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Kerkenes 14.3 Archaeoastronomical Analysis and Results 14.4 Discussion 14.5 Conclusion Acknowledgements References 15. Cultural Astronomy: Material Culture, Astronomy,Astrology and Power 15.1 Pilgrimage and Ritual 15.2 The Built Environment 15.3 Discussion References 16. In the Light of the Milky Way: An Interpretative Key forCrux-Centaurus Alignments Across Prehistoric Europe 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Literature review: Orientations to theCrux-Centaurus 16.3 Investigation and Analysis 16.3.1 Testing visibility 16.3.2 The turning of the Milky Way 16.3.3 The laying of the Milky Way on the landscape 16.4 Discussion 16.5 Conclusion Acknowledgements References 17. Etruscan Temples and the Sun: An Analysis on theOrientation of Etruscan Sacred Buildings 17.1 Introduction 17.2 A critical analysis of the sample and acomparison with ancient Greek temples 17.3 Concluding remarks References 18. Harmony of Light and Geometry in Medieval CistercianChurches in Italy and Switzerland from the 12th-13th Centuries 18.1 Methodology 18.2 Religion, liturgy and ritual 18.3 Orientation and light incidence 18.4 Geometry and proportion 18.5 Conclusion 19. The Relevance of Archaeoastronomy to Understanding UrbanPlanning and Landscape Formation in Mesoamerica 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Orientations in Mesoamerican Architecture 19.3 Astronomical Alignments and Urban Planning 19.3.1 Teotihuacan 19.3.2 Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan 19.3.3 La Campana 19.3.4 Cantona 19.3.5 Eastern Campeche, Mexico 19.3.6 Survivals 19.4 Conclusion References 20. Bronze Age Rock Art and 20th-Century Oil-On-CanvasImpressions of Constellation Crux, the Southern Cross 20.1 Configurations identified as Crux 20.1.1 Crux in Mont Bego rock art 20.1.2 The form of the Crux asterism 20.1.3 Crux petroglyphs in the Valle Hermoso 20.1.4 Crux petroglyphs in the Agua Botada region 20.1.5 Crux engravings on the Hornsby Plateau 20.2 Twentieth-century artist views of Crux 20.3 Stellar magnitudes 20.3.1 Stellar magnitudes for Agua Botada/ValleHermoso 20.3.2 Stellar magnitudes for La Silla 20.4 Inconsistencies in the artworks 20.4.1 The 1971 artwork 20.4.2 The 1972 painting 20.5 Discussion 20.6 Summary 20.7 A propos of the artist’s gaze Acknowledgement References 21. The Prehistoric Taula Sanctuaries and the ContemporaryBarraques of Minorca: A Comparative Analysis within theFramework of Cultural Astronomy 21.1 Introduction 21.2 Principal monuments 21.2.1 Dolmens 21.2.2 Burial Navetas 21.2.3 Taula Sancturaries 21.3 An experiment of verification: Taula sanctuariesvs. Barraques 21.4 Comparative analysis 21.5 Conclusions Acknowledgements References Volume Editors Back cover