Astronomy and power : how worlds are structured : proceedings of the SEAC 2010 conference / edited by Michael A. Rappenglück, Barbara Rappenglück, Nicholas Campion, Fabio Silva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

European Society for Astronomy in Culture. Meeting (18th : 2010 : Gilching, Germany)

Contributor:

Rappenglück, Michael A., 1957- editor.

Rappenglück, Barbara, editor.

Campion, Nicholas, editor.

Silva, Fabio (Fabio P.), editor.

Series:

BAR international series ; 2794.

BAR international series ; 2794

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeoastronomy--Congresses.

Archaeoastronomy.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 287 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : British Archaeological Reports Ltd, 2016.

Contents:

General ideas. Keepers of time and guardians of space

some basic concepts of astronomy and power / Michael A. Rappenglück

The social life of celestial bodies: the sky in cultural perspective / Stanislaw Iwaniszewski

Astral high-fashion clothing: relations between costumes and astronomy / Michael A. Rappenglück

Neolithic cultures. Astronomy, landscape and power in eastern Anatolia / Juan Antonio Belmonte and A. César González García

Prehistoric sanctuaries in Daunia / Elio Antonello, Vito F. Polcaro, Anna M. Tunzi and Mariangela Lo Zupone

Archaeoastronomical world from Romania / Iharka Szücs-Csillik, Alexandra Comṣa and Zoia Maxim

Megalithic cultures. Equinoctial full moon models and non-gaussianity: Portuguese dolmens as a test case / Fabio Silva

Kreisgrabenanlagen: expressions of power linked to the sky / Georg Zotti and Wolfgang Neubauer

Re-structuring the world of Scottish megalithic sites and animating astronomical phenomena through 3D computerisation / David Fisher

Recumbent stone circles: theory overview based on fieldwork conducted at three sites / Liz Henty

Power of calendar and clocks. Calendars as symbols of power / Sonja Draxler and Max E. Lippitsch

Astronomical clocks-representations of power / Gudrun Wolfschmidt

Chalcolithic/Bronze Age/Iron Age cultures. Luni-solar symbolism in an artefact from Bulgaria / Vesselina Koleva

Astronomy, religion and the structure of society in prehistoric Finland / Marianna Ridderstad

Astronomy and the power: the singular building of Turó del Calvari (Vilalba del arcs, Tarragona) / Manuel Pérez Gutiérrez, DAvid Bea Castaño, Jordi Diloli Fons and Samuel Sardà Seuma

Precise astronomical measurements of ancient Dacian sites within the Pythagorean mega-triangle Sarmizegetusa-Regia-Retezat-Parâng / Frank Kerek and Florin Stanescu

Orientation in the landscape of open air rock art in the mountains between the Alva and Ceira Rivers: the Podomorph carvings / Fernando Pimenta, Nuno Ribeiro, Andrew Smith and Luís Tirapicos

Total solar eclipses close to the Pleiades on the Nebra disk and Swedish rock-carvings / Göran Henriksson

Archaeoastronomical analysis of the Karataevo Fortress Sanctuary on the northern Black Sea coast / Larisa N. Vodolazhskaya

Egypt, Minoan culture. Stellar and solar components in ancient Egyptian mythology and royal ideology / Rolf Krauss

The elite at Knossos as custodians of the calendar / Göran Henriksson and Mary Blomberg

Prince P.A. Putyatin was the forerunner of Russian astronomy / N. Dmitrieva

Cultures in Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. The celestial engine at the heart of traditional Hawaiian culture / W. Bruce Masse

Cosmic power: themes of astronomy and power within the film Cosmic Africa / Jarita C. Holbrook

The concept of power and cosmology: manipulation of cosmology by spiritualists or native doctors (Dibia), a case study of the Igbo Society of Nigeria / Barth Chukwuezi

Some aspects of European moon mythology / Mare Kõiva and Andres Kuperjanov

Stars of power

astronomical objects in ancient princely insignia / Max E. Lippitsch and Sonja Draxler

Cultures of North America, Mesoamerica and South America. Astronomy and power in Mesoamerica / Ivan Šprajc

Possible Mesoamerican naked-eye observation of sunspots

I: evidence from the Tikal ball court marker / Richard R. Zito

Calendric-astronomical orientation as an expression of power in Mesoamerica / Jesús Galindo Trejo

Possible Mesoamerican naked-eye observation of Sunspots

II: evidence from the codices / Richard R. Zito

Power, danger and liminality: moon, stars and women among the Toba of Western Formosa (Gran Chaco, Argentina) / Cecilia Paula Gómez

A topoogy of power: sky and social space in the Argentinean Chaco / Alejandro Martín López

Antiquity. Among the circles: a geometical analysis of the Teatro Marittimo in Villa Adriana / Marzia Monaco, Silvia Gaudenzi and Marcello Ranieri

Medieval time in orient and occident. Astronomy and the state: time, space and power in the foundation of Baghdad / Nicholas Campion

Astronomy and politics: three case studies on the service of astrology to society / S. Mohammad Mozaffari

The Dustūr al-munajjimīn or does a sovereign need astronomy to structure his reign? / Petra G. Schmidl

The orientation of pre-romanesque churches in Spain: Asturias, a case of power re-affirmation / A. César González García, Juan Antonio Belmonte and Lourdes Costa Ferrer

Astronomical heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina: late medieval tombstones and astral motifs / Zalkida Hadžibegović

The star of Magi: transient astronomical events as sources of inspiration in late Medieval art / M. Incerti, F. Bònoli and V.F. Polcaro

A social history of medieval astronomy / A. Martocchia and V.F. Polcaro

Astronomy and politics in the modern age. Astronomy and politicians / Magda Stavinschi and Cătălin Mosoia

Comets in political caricatures: examples from the 18th to 21st century / Barbara Rappenglück.

Notes:

"SEAC 2010, August 30-September 4, 2010, Gilching (Germany), International conference of SEAC"--Conference web site.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781407314419

1407314416

OCLC:

942839585