Advancing cultural astronomy : studies in honour of Clive Ruggles / / Efrosyni Boutsikas, Stephen C. McCluskey, John Steele, editors
| Advancing cultural astronomy : studies in honour of Clive Ruggles / / Efrosyni Boutsikas, Stephen C. McCluskey, John Steele, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
| Disciplina | 520.89 |
| Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico | Ethnoastronomy |
| ISBN | 3-030-64606-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466726603316 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Advancing Cultural Astronomy : Studies In Honour of Clive Ruggles / / edited by Efrosyni Boutsikas, Stephen C. McCluskey, John Steele
| Advancing Cultural Astronomy : Studies In Honour of Clive Ruggles / / edited by Efrosyni Boutsikas, Stephen C. McCluskey, John Steele |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) |
| Disciplina | 520.89 |
| Collana | Historical & Cultural Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Archaeology - Methodology Cultural property Archaeology Civilization - History Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences Archaeological Methodology Archaeology and Heritage Cultural History |
| ISBN | 3-030-64606-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Clive Ruggles and the Development of Cultural Astronomy -- Chapter 2. What Equinox? -- Chapter 3. Their Equinox: Mesopotamian Conceptions of Solstices and Equinoxes -- Chapter 4. The Hopi Calendar and Some Archaeological Correlates of Horizon Markers -- Chapter 5. Signs, Not Phenomena: Moqoit Cosmo-politics and Alternative Experiences of the Sky -- Chapter 6. On Translating Cardinal Directions in Ancient Greek Geographers -- Chapter 7. The North Sky and the Otherworld: Journeys of the Dead in the Neolithic Considered -- Chapter 8. Diachrony and the Big Picture: Chabola de la Hechicera, a Peculiar Orientation and a Sacred Landscape -- Chapter 9. An Investigation of the Role of Architectural Orders in Greek Temple Orientation -- Chapter 10. The Stars in Ancient Greece -- Chapter 11. Why are there Seven Sisters? -- Chapter 12. Remarks on the Lunar Series and Eclipse Cycles in Late Classic Maya Records -- Chapter 13. Finally, a Very Fruitful Interdisciplinary Cooperation -- Chapter 14. The Chankillo Solar Observatory and Ceremonial Centre: A Heritage for the World -- Chapter 15. Cultural Heritage of Observatories in the Context with the IAU–UNESCO Initiative – Highlights in the Development of Architecture. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483021103321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The circulation of astronomical knowledge in the ancient world / / edited by John M. Steele
| The circulation of astronomical knowledge in the ancient world / / edited by John M. Steele |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (595 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520.93 |
| Collana | Time, Astronomy, and Calendars |
| Soggetto topico | Astronomy, Ancient |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-31563-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter / John M. Steele -- Introduction / John M. Steele -- The Brown School of the History of Science: Historiography and the Astral Sciences / Francesca Rochberg -- Astral Knowledge in an International Age: Transmission of the Cuneiform Tradition, circa 1500–1000 B.C. / Matthew T. Rutz -- Traditions of Mesopotamian Celestial-Divinatory Schemes and the 4th Tablet of Šumma Sin ina Tāmartišu / Zackary Wainer -- The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge between Babylon and Uruk / John M. Steele -- The Micro-Zodiac in Babylon and Uruk: Seleucid Zodiacal Astrology / M. Willis Monroe -- Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology / John Z. Wee -- On the Concomitancy of the Seemingly Incommensurable, or Why Egyptian Astral Tradition Needs to be Analyzed within Its Cultural Context / Joachim Friedrich Quack -- Some Astrologers and Their Handbooks in Demotic Egyptian / Andreas Winkler -- The Anaphoricus of Hypsicles of Alexandria / Clemency Montelle -- Interpolated Observations and Historical Observational Records in Ptolemy’s Astronomy / Alexander Jones -- Mesopotamian Lunar Omens in Justinian’s Constantinople / Zoë Misiewicz -- A Parallel Universe: The Transmission of Astronomical Terminology in Early Chinese Almanacs / Ethan Harkness -- Mercury and the Case for Plural Planetary Traditions in Early Imperial China / Daniel Patrick Morgan -- Calendrical Systems in Early Imperial China: Reform, Evaluation and Tradition / Yuzhen Guan -- The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac during the Tang and Song Dynasties: A Set of Signs Which Lost Their Meanings within Chinese Horoscopic Astrology / Shenmi Song -- On the Dunhuang Manuscript P.4071: A Case Study on the Sinicization of Western Horoscope in Late 10th Century China / Weixing Niu -- Were Planetary Models of Ancient India Strongly Influenced by Greek Astronomy? / Dennis Duke -- Indexes / John M. Steele. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511417703321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The circulation of astronomical knowledge in the ancient world / / edited by John M. Steele
| The circulation of astronomical knowledge in the ancient world / / edited by John M. Steele |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (595 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520.93 |
| Collana | Time, Astronomy, and Calendars |
| Soggetto topico | Astronomy, Ancient |
| ISBN | 90-04-31563-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter / John M. Steele -- Introduction / John M. Steele -- The Brown School of the History of Science: Historiography and the Astral Sciences / Francesca Rochberg -- Astral Knowledge in an International Age: Transmission of the Cuneiform Tradition, circa 1500–1000 B.C. / Matthew T. Rutz -- Traditions of Mesopotamian Celestial-Divinatory Schemes and the 4th Tablet of Šumma Sin ina Tāmartišu / Zackary Wainer -- The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge between Babylon and Uruk / John M. Steele -- The Micro-Zodiac in Babylon and Uruk: Seleucid Zodiacal Astrology / M. Willis Monroe -- Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology / John Z. Wee -- On the Concomitancy of the Seemingly Incommensurable, or Why Egyptian Astral Tradition Needs to be Analyzed within Its Cultural Context / Joachim Friedrich Quack -- Some Astrologers and Their Handbooks in Demotic Egyptian / Andreas Winkler -- The Anaphoricus of Hypsicles of Alexandria / Clemency Montelle -- Interpolated Observations and Historical Observational Records in Ptolemy’s Astronomy / Alexander Jones -- Mesopotamian Lunar Omens in Justinian’s Constantinople / Zoë Misiewicz -- A Parallel Universe: The Transmission of Astronomical Terminology in Early Chinese Almanacs / Ethan Harkness -- Mercury and the Case for Plural Planetary Traditions in Early Imperial China / Daniel Patrick Morgan -- Calendrical Systems in Early Imperial China: Reform, Evaluation and Tradition / Yuzhen Guan -- The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac during the Tang and Song Dynasties: A Set of Signs Which Lost Their Meanings within Chinese Horoscopic Astrology / Shenmi Song -- On the Dunhuang Manuscript P.4071: A Case Study on the Sinicization of Western Horoscope in Late 10th Century China / Weixing Niu -- Were Planetary Models of Ancient India Strongly Influenced by Greek Astronomy? / Dennis Duke -- Indexes / John M. Steele. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798392203321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The circulation of astronomical knowledge in the ancient world / / edited by John M. Steele
| The circulation of astronomical knowledge in the ancient world / / edited by John M. Steele |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (595 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520.93 |
| Collana | Time, Astronomy, and Calendars |
| Soggetto topico | Astronomy, Ancient |
| ISBN | 90-04-31563-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter / John M. Steele -- Introduction / John M. Steele -- The Brown School of the History of Science: Historiography and the Astral Sciences / Francesca Rochberg -- Astral Knowledge in an International Age: Transmission of the Cuneiform Tradition, circa 1500–1000 B.C. / Matthew T. Rutz -- Traditions of Mesopotamian Celestial-Divinatory Schemes and the 4th Tablet of Šumma Sin ina Tāmartišu / Zackary Wainer -- The Circulation of Astronomical Knowledge between Babylon and Uruk / John M. Steele -- The Micro-Zodiac in Babylon and Uruk: Seleucid Zodiacal Astrology / M. Willis Monroe -- Virtual Moons over Babylonia: The Calendar Text System, Its Micro-Zodiac of 13, and the Making of Medical Zodiology / John Z. Wee -- On the Concomitancy of the Seemingly Incommensurable, or Why Egyptian Astral Tradition Needs to be Analyzed within Its Cultural Context / Joachim Friedrich Quack -- Some Astrologers and Their Handbooks in Demotic Egyptian / Andreas Winkler -- The Anaphoricus of Hypsicles of Alexandria / Clemency Montelle -- Interpolated Observations and Historical Observational Records in Ptolemy’s Astronomy / Alexander Jones -- Mesopotamian Lunar Omens in Justinian’s Constantinople / Zoë Misiewicz -- A Parallel Universe: The Transmission of Astronomical Terminology in Early Chinese Almanacs / Ethan Harkness -- Mercury and the Case for Plural Planetary Traditions in Early Imperial China / Daniel Patrick Morgan -- Calendrical Systems in Early Imperial China: Reform, Evaluation and Tradition / Yuzhen Guan -- The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac during the Tang and Song Dynasties: A Set of Signs Which Lost Their Meanings within Chinese Horoscopic Astrology / Shenmi Song -- On the Dunhuang Manuscript P.4071: A Case Study on the Sinicization of Western Horoscope in Late 10th Century China / Weixing Niu -- Were Planetary Models of Ancient India Strongly Influenced by Greek Astronomy? / Dennis Duke -- Indexes / John M. Steele. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815092703321 |
| Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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