04002nam 2200757 450 991046074880332120200520144314.01-78297-841-01-78297-843-7(CKB)3710000000444010(EBL)2089597(SSID)ssj0001517845(PQKBManifestationID)11851172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001517845(PQKBWorkID)11505947(PQKB)10918329(MiAaPQ)EBC2089597(Au-PeEL)EBL2089597(CaPaEBR)ebr11077138(OCoLC)904012187(EXLCZ)99371000000044401020150725h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSkyscapes the role and importance of the sky in archaeology /edited by Fabio Silva and Nicholas Campion ; contributors, Bernadeth Brady [and ten others]Oxford, [England] ;Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] :Oxbow Books,2015.©20151 online resource (165 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78297-840-2 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface: Meaning and Intent in Ancient Skyscapes - An Andean Perspective; Chapter 1: The Role and Importance of the Skyin Archaeology: An Introduction; Chapter 2: Skyscapes: Locating Archaeoastronomy within Academia; Chapter 3: An Examination of the Divide Between Archaeoastronomy and Archaeology; Chapter 4: Skyscapes: Present and Past - From Sustainability to Interpreting Ancient RemainsChapter 5: 30b - the West Kennet Avenue Stone that Never Was: Interpretation by Multidisciplinary Triangulation and Emergence through Four Field AnthropologyChapter 6: Can Archaeoastronomy Inform Archaeology on the Building Chronology of the Mnajdra Neolithic Temple in Malta?; Chapter 7: Star phases: the Naked-eye Astronomy of the Old Kingdom Pyramid Texts; Chapter 8: An Architectural Perspective on Structured Sacred Space - Recent Evidence from Iron Age Ireland; Chapter 9: The Circumpolar Skyscape of a Pembrokeshire DolmenChapter 10: The View from Within: a 'Time-Space-Action' Approach to Megalithism in Central PortugalChapter 11: Afterword: Dances Beneath a Diamond SkyEleven papers extend discussion of the role and importance of the landscape and the wider environment to past societies, and to the understanding and interpretation of their material remains, into consideration of the significance of the celestial environment: the skyscape. The role of the sky for past societies has been relegated to the fringes of archaeological discourse. Nevertheless archaeoastronomy has developed a new rigour in the last few decades and the evidence suggests that it can provide insights into the beliefs, practices and cosmologies of past societies. Skyscapes explores the cArchaeoastronomyLandscape archaeologySkySocial aspectsHistoryCosmologyHistoryAstrologyHistorySacred spaceHistoryPrehistoric peoplesSocial archaeologyElectronic books.Archaeoastronomy.Landscape archaeology.SkySocial aspectsHistory.CosmologyHistory.AstrologyHistory.Sacred spaceHistory.Prehistoric peoples.Social archaeology.523.1Silva Fabio(Fabio P.),Campion NicholasBrady BernadethMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460748803321Skyscapes1986512UNINA