Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, m. 1 Buch, m. 1 E-Book, 8 Teile

Sites.- Dine¿ (Navajo) Ethno- and Archaeoastronomy.- Pueblo Ethnoastronomy.- Hopi and Puebloan Ethnoastronomy and Ethnoscience.- Astronomy and Rock Art in Mexico.- Boca de Potrerillos.- Astronomical Deities in Ancient Mesoamerica.- Astronomy in the Dresden Codex.- Counting Lunar Phase Cycles in Mesoamerica.- Astronomical Correlates of Architecture and Landscape in Mesoamerica.- Astronomy at Teotihuacan.- Pecked Cross-Circles.- Templo Mayor, Tenochtitlan - Calendar and Astronomy.- Cave of the Astronomers at Xochicalco.- Colonial Zapotec Calendars and Calendrical Astronomy.- Layout of Ancient Maya Cities.- Governor's Palace at Uxmal.- E-Group Arrangements.- Pre-Inca Astronomy in Peru.- Chankillo.- Geoglyphs of the Peruvian Coast.- Inca Astronomy and Calendrics.- Inca Calendar.- Ceque System of Cuzco: A Yearly Calendar-Almanac in Space and Time.- Inca Royal Estates in the Sacred Valley.- Machu Picchu.- Island of the Sun: Elite and Non-Elite Observations of the June Solstice.- Inca Moon: Some Evidence of Lunar Observations in Tahuantinsuyu.- Observations of Comets and Eclipses in the Andes.- Landscape, Mountain Worship and Astronomy in Socaire.- Skyscape of an Amazonian Diaspora: Arawak Astronomy in Historical Comparative Perspective.- Astronomy in Brazilian Ethnohistory.- Ticuna Astronomy, Mythology and Cosmovision.- Moxos' Lagoons.- "Chiriguano" Astronomy - Venus and a Guarani New Year.- Astronomy and Cosmology of the Guarani of Southern Brazil.- The Sky Among the Toba of Western Formosa (Gran Chaco, Argentina).- Astronomy in the Chaco Region, Argentina.- Ethnoastronomy in the Multicultural Context of the Agricultural Colonies in Northern Santa Fe Province, Argentina.- Selk¿nam Astronomy.- Cultural Astronomy in Africa South of the Sahara.- Indigenous Astronomy in Southern Africa.- "Reading" Central African Skies - A Case Study from Southeastern DRCMursi and Borana Calendars.- Yoruba Ethnoastronomy - "Orisha/Vodun" or How People's Conceptions of the Sky Constructed Science.- Pre-Islamic Dry-Stone Monuments of the Central and Western Sahara.- Astronomy at Nabta Playa, Southern Egypt.- Pre-Islamic Religious Monuments in North Africa.- Astronomy as Practiced in the West African City of Timbuktu.- Calendar Pluralism and the Cultural Heritage of Domination and Resistance (Tuareg and Other Saharans).- Pre-Hispanic Sanctuaries in the Canary Islands.- A Modern Myth - The "Pyramids" of Guimar.- Patterns of Orientation in the Megalithic Tombs of the Western Mediterranean.- Seven-Stone Antas.- Megalithic Cromlechs of Iberia.- Iberian Sanctuaries.- Taula Sanctuaries of Menorca.- Celtic Sites of Central Iberia.- Basque Saroiak.- Possible Calendrical Inscriptions on Paleolithic Artifacts.- Possible Astronomical Depictions in Franco-Cantabrian Paleolithic Rock Art.- Astronomical Symbolism in Bronze-Age and Iron-Age Rock Art.- Stonehenge and its Landscape.- The Neolithic and Bronze Age Monument Complex of Thornborough, North Yorkshire, UK.- Irish Neolithic Tombs in their Landscape.- Boyne Valley Tombs.- Recumbent Stone Circles.- Scottish Short Stone Rows.- TRB Megalithic Tombs and Long Barrows in Central Europe.- Neolithic Longhouses and Bronze Age Houses in Central Europe.- Neolithic Circular Ditch Systems ("Rondels") in Central Europe.- Celestial Symbolism of the Vucedol Culture.- Celestial Symbolism in Central European Later Prehistory - Case Studies from the Bronze Age Carpathian Basin.- Nebra Disk.- Lessons of Odry.- Astronomical Orientation in the Ancient Dacian Sanctuaries of Romania.- Astronomy in the Bulgarian Neolithic.- Thracian Sanctuaries.- Thracian Dolmens.- Sardinian Nuraghes.- Nuraghic Well of Santa Cristina, Paulilatino, Oristano, Sardinia.- Temples of Malta.- Minoan Astronomy.- Astronomy in the Ancient Caucasus.- Carahunge - A Critical Assessment.- Observational and Cult Sites in Pre-Christian Georgia.- Egyptian Cosmology and Cosmogony.- Egyptian Constellations.- Ancient Egyptian Calendars.- Egyptian "Star Clocks" .- Orientation of Egyptian Temples: An Overview.- Monuments of the Giza Plateau.- Karnak.- Kingdom of Kush.- Greek Cosmology and Cosmogony.- Greek Constellations.- Ancient Greek Calendars.- Greek Temples and Rituals.- Greek Mathematical Astronomy.- Material Culture of Greek and Roman Astronomy.- Reconstructing the Antikythera Mechanism.- Greco-Roman Astrometeorology.- Greco-Roman Astrology.- Etruscan Divination and Architecture.- Roman City Planning and Spatial Organization.- Light at the Pantheon.- Nemrud Dag.- Mithraism.- Skylore of the Indigenous Peoples of Northern Eurasia.- Qibla in the Mediterranean.- Interactions Between Islamic and Christian Traditions in the Iberian Peninsula.- Orientation of Christian Churches.- Orientation of English Medieval Parish Churches.- Church Orientations in Slovenia.- Church Orientations in Central and Eastern Europe.- Role of Light-Shadow Hierophanies in Early Medieval Art.- Light-Shadow Interactions in Italian Medieval Churches.- Lost Skies of Italian Folk Astronomy.- Folk Calendars in the Balkan Region.- Calendar Sticks in Eastern Europe.- Orientation of Hittite Monuments.- Orientation of Phoenician Temples.- Astronomy in the Levant During the Bronze Age and Iron Age.- Petra and the Nabataeans.- Mesopotamian Cosmogony and Cosmology.- Mesopotamian Star Lists.- Mesopotamian Celestial Divination.- Mesopotamian Calendars.- Astronomy, Divination, and Politics in the Neo-Assyrian Empire.- Babylonian Observational and Predictive Astronomy.- Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy.- Late Babylonian Astrology.- Transmission of Babylonian Astronomy to Other Cultures.- Ancient and Medieval Jewish Calendars.- Astronomy in the Book of Enoch.- Astronomy and Calendars at Qumran.- Ancient Persian Skywatching and Calendars.- Islamic Mathematical Astronomy.- Islamic Astronomical Instruments and Observatories.- Islamic Folk Astronomy.- Folk Astronomy and Calendars in Yemen.- Star Clocks and Water Management in Oman.- Astronomy of the Vedic Age.- Use of Astronomical Principles in Indian Temple Architecture.- Astronomy of Indian Cities, Temples, and Pilgrimage Centers.- Mathematical Astronomy in India.- Vakya System of Astronomy.- Kerala School of Astronomy.- Astronomical Instruments in India.- Observatories of Sawai Jai Singh II.- Ancient Chinese Astronomy - An Overview.- Observation of Celestial Phenomena in Ancient China.- Chinese Constellations and Star Maps.- Chinese Calendar and Mathematical Astronomy.- Shang Oracle Bones.- Excavated Documents Dealing with Chinese Astronomy.- Astronomy and City Planning in China.- Gnomons in Ancient China.- Taosi Observatory.- Dengfeng Large Gnomon.- Ancient Chinese Sundials.- Chinese Armillary Spheres.- Water-Powered Astronomical Clock Tower.- Beijing Ancient Observatory.- Astronomical Aspects of Korean Dolmens.- Korean Astronomical Calendar, Chiljeongsan.- Striking Clepsydras.- Song I-Yeong's Armillary Clock.- Cultural Astronomy in Japan.- Cultural Production of Skylore in Indonesia.- Australian Aboriginal Astronomy - An Overview.- Australian Aboriginal Astronomy and Cosmology.- Archaeoastronomy in Polynesia.- Ancient Hawaiian Astronomy.- Archaeoastronomy of Easter Island