African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Research in Africa Hardcover - 2007 - 1st Edition
by Jarita Holbrook (Editor); R. Thebe Medupe (Editor); Johnson O. Urama (Editor)
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Astronomy is the science of studying the sky using telescopes and light collectors such as photographic plates or CCD detectors. However, people have always studied the sky and continue to study the sky without the aid of instruments this is the realm of cultural astronomy. This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of Africans. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa. The volume includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites and at places of worship, rock art with celestial imagery, and scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars. Authors include astronomers Kim Malville, Johnson Urama, and Thebe Medupe; archaeologist Felix Chami, and geographer Michael Bonine, and many new authors. As an emerging subfield of cultural astronomy, African cultural astronomy researchers are focused on training students specifically for doing research in Africa. The first part of the volume contains lessons and exercises to help the beginning student of African cultural astronomy. Included are exercises in archaeoastronomy, cultural anthropology, and naked-eye astronomy penned by authors who use these regularly use these methods for their research. This collection of lessons and research papers provides a foundation for the cultural astronomy researcher interested in doing work in Africa.
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- Title African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Research in Africa
- Author Jarita Holbrook (Editor); R. Thebe Medupe (Editor); Johnson O. Urama (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 260
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer
- Date 2007-12-21
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781402066382 / 1402066384
- Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.33 x 0.64 in (23.72 x 16.08 x 1.63 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Library of Congress subjects Ethnoastronomy - Africa, Archaeoastronomy - Africa
- Dewey Decimal Code 306
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