LEADER 03968nam 2200745 450 001 9910807880903321 005 20230126213015.0 010 $a1-78297-841-0 010 $a1-78297-843-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000444010 035 $a(EBL)2089597 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001517845 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11851172 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001517845 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11505947 035 $a(PQKB)10918329 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2089597 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11077138 035 $a(OCoLC)904012187 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2089597 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000444010 100 $a20150725h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSkyscapes $ethe role and importance of the sky in archaeology /$fedited by Fabio Silva and Nicholas Campion ; contributors, Bernadeth Brady [and ten others] 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aPhiladelphia, [Pennsylvania] :$cOxbow Books,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (165 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78297-840-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. 327 $aCover; 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 Remains 327 $aChapter 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 Dolmen 327 $aChapter 10: The View from Within: a 'Time-Space-Action' Approach to Megalithism in Central PortugalChapter 11: Afterword: Dances Beneath a Diamond Sky 330 $aEleven 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 c 606 $aArchaeoastronomy 606 $aLandscape archaeology 606 $aSky$xSocial aspects$xHistory 606 $aCosmology$xHistory 606 $aAstrology$xHistory 606 $aSacred space$xHistory 606 $aPrehistoric peoples 606 $aSocial archaeology 615 0$aArchaeoastronomy. 615 0$aLandscape archaeology. 615 0$aSky$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aCosmology$xHistory. 615 0$aAstrology$xHistory. 615 0$aSacred space$xHistory. 615 0$aPrehistoric peoples. 615 0$aSocial archaeology. 676 $a523.1 702 $aSilva$b Fabio$g(Fabio P.), 702 $aCampion$b Nicholas 702 $aBrady$b Bernadeth 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807880903321 996 $aSkyscapes$94025570 997 $aUNINA