Archaeoastronomy : Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016
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This book provides the first complete, easy to read, 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 la ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | Archaeoastronomy : Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones / by Giulio Magli. - 1st ed. 2016. - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016. - XIII, 246 p. 164 ill., 111 ill. in color ; online resource. - (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) |
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Introduction: What is Archaeoastronomy, and why studying it -- Ideas -- Astronomy and people -- Astronomy and power -- Astronomy and afterworld -- Astronomy and architecture -- Astronomy and landscape -- Methods -- The celestial coordinates -- The apparent motion of the Sun -- The apparent motion of the stars -- The apparent motion of the Moon and the planets -- The observation of celestial bodies at the horizon -- The use of astronomical software in aa -- The methods for making measures in aa -- The methods for analyzing measures in aa -- Places -- Stonehenge -- Giza -- Chichen Itza -- The Island of the Sun -- The Campus Martius -- The Valley of the Temples of Agrigento -- Menorca -- Chimney Rock. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9783319228815
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| ID scheda | 139012 |
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