LEADER 03761oam 2200517 450 001 996418435203316 005 20230207110759.0 010 $a3-030-45147-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-45147-9 035 $a(CKB)5590000000002306 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6359362 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-45147-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6644890 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6359362 035 $a(OCoLC)1198557841 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6644890 035 $a(PPN)269150404 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000002306 100 $a20220204d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aArchaeoastronomy $eintroduction to the science of stars and stones /$fGiulio Magli 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d2020 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 264 p. 225 illus., 122 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aUndergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,$x2192-4791 311 $a3-030-45146-1 327 $aIntroduction -- Part I -- Methods -- Astronomy with the Naked Eye -- Acquiring Data -- Data Analysis -- Part II -- Ideas -- Astronomy and Architecture at the Roots of Civilization -- Astronomy, Power, and Landscapes of Power -- The Scientific Foundations of Archaeoastronomy -- Part III -- Places -- Megalithic Cultures of the Mediterranean -- Ancient Egypt -- Pre-columbian Cultures -- The Classical World -- Exercises. 330 $aThis is a second edition of a textbook that provides the first comprehensive, easy-to-read, and up-to-date account of the fascinating discipline of archaeoastronomy, in which the relationship between ancient constructions and the sky is studied in order to gain a better understanding of the ideas of the architects of the past and of their religious and symbolic worlds. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which explores the past relations between astronomy and people, power, the afterworld, architecture, and landscape. The second part then discusses in detail the fundamentals of archaeoastronomy, including the celestial coordinates; the apparent motion of the sun, moon, stars, and planets; observation of celestial bodies at the horizon; the use of astronomical software in archaeoastronomy; and current methods for making and analyzing measurements. The final section reviews what archaeoastronomy can now tell us about the nature and purpose of such sites and structures as Stonehenge, the Pyramids of Giza, Chichen Itza, the Angkor Temples, the Campus Martius, and the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento. In addition, it provides a set of exercises that can be performed using non-commercial free software, e.g., Google Earth and Stellarium, and that will equip readers to conduct their own research. This new edition features a completely new chapter on archaeoastronomy in Asia and an ?augmented reality? framework, which on the one hand enhances the didactic value of the book using direct links to the relevant sections of the author?s MOOC (online) lessons and, on the other, allows readers to directly experience ? albeit virtually ?many of the spectacular archaeological sites described in the book. This is an ideal introduction to what has become a wide-ranging multidisciplinary science. 410 0$aUndergraduate lecture notes in physics 606 $aArqueoastronomia 608 $aLlibres electrònics 615 04$aArqueoastronomia 676 $a520.93 700 $aMagli$b Giulio$f1964-$0478196 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996418435203316 996 $aArchaeoastronomy$91888428 997 $aUNISA