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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Silva, Fabio (Fabio P.), editor.

Campion, Nicholas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeoastronomy.

Landscape archaeology.

Sky--Social aspects--History.

Sky.

Cosmology--History.

Cosmology.

History.

Astrology--History.

Astrology.

Sacred space--History.

Sacred space.

Prehistoric peoples.

Social archaeology.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 148 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2015.

Summary:

"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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Skyscapes

ISBN:

9781782978404

1782978402

OCLC:

886484832