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245 00 a| Skyscapesh| [electronic resource] :b| the role and importance of the sky in archaeology /c| edited by Fabio Silva and Nicholas Campion.;

250 a| Digital edition.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| Philadelphia :b| Oxbow Books,c| 2015.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| Preface: Meaning and intent in ancient skyscapes : an Andean perspective / J. McKim Malville -- The role and importance of the sky in archaeology : an introduction / Fabio Silva -- Skyscapes : locating archaeoastronomy within academia / Nicholas Campion -- An examination of the divide between archaeoastronomy and archaeology / Liz Henty -- Skyscapes : present and past : from sustainability to interpreting ancient remains / Daniel Brown -- 30b : the West Kennet Avenue stone that never was : interpretation by multidisciplinary triangulation and emergence through four field anthropology / Lionel Sims -- Can archaeoastronomy inform archaeology on the building chronology of the Mnajdra Neolithic temple in Malta? / Tore Lomsdalen -- Star phases : the naked-eye astronomy of the Old Kingdom pyramid texts / Bernadette Brady -- An architectural perspective on structured sacred space : recent evidence from Iron Age Ireland / Frank Prendergast -- The circumpolar skyscape of a Pembrokeshire dolmen / Olwyn Pritchard -- The view from within : a "time-space-action" approach to megalithism in central Portugal / Fabio Silva -- Afterword: Dances beneath a diamond sky / Timothy Darvill.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 2 a| "Eleven 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 current role of archaeoastronomical knowledge in archaeological discourse and how to integrate the two"--Provided by publisher.;

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Skyscapes the role and importance of the sky in archaeology / edited by Fabio Silva and Nicholas Campion.

Other author	Silva, Fabio (Fabio P.)
Other author	Campion, Nicholas.
Format	Electronic
Edition	Digital edition.
Publication Info	Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2015.
Description	1 online resource
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Archaeoastronomy. Landscape archaeology. Sky--Social aspects. --History. Cosmology--History. Astrology--History. Sacred space--History. Prehistoric peoples. Social archaeology.

Contents	Preface: Meaning and intent in ancient skyscapes : an Andean perspective / J. McKim Malville -- The role and importance of the sky in archaeology : an introduction / Fabio Silva -- Skyscapes : locating archaeoastronomy within academia / Nicholas Campion -- An examination of the divide between archaeoastronomy and archaeology / Liz Henty -- Skyscapes : present and past : from sustainability to interpreting ancient remains / Daniel Brown -- 30b : the West Kennet Avenue stone that never was : interpretation by multidisciplinary triangulation and emergence through four field anthropology / Lionel Sims -- Can archaeoastronomy inform archaeology on the building chronology of the Mnajdra Neolithic temple in Malta? / Tore Lomsdalen -- Star phases : the naked-eye astronomy of the Old Kingdom pyramid texts / Bernadette Brady -- An architectural perspective on structured sacred space : recent evidence from Iron Age Ireland / Frank Prendergast -- The circumpolar skyscape of a Pembrokeshire dolmen / Olwyn Pritchard -- The view from within : a "time-space-action" approach to megalithism in central Portugal / Fabio Silva -- Afterword: Dances beneath a diamond sky / Timothy Darvill.
Scope and content	"Eleven 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 current role of archaeoastronomical knowledge in archaeological discourse and how to integrate the two"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Source of description	Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Issued in other form	Print version: Skyscapes Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2015 9781782978404
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015007231
ISBN	9781782978411 (epub)
ISBN	9781782978428 (prc)
ISBN	9781782978435 (pdf)

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