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OverviewGazing into the black skies from the Anasazi observatory at Chimney Rock or the Castillo Pyramid in the Maya ruins of Chichen Itza, a modern visitor might wonder what ancient stargazers looked for in the skies and what they saw. Once considered unresearchable, these questions now drive cultural astronomers who draw on written and unwritten records and a constellation of disciplines to reveal the wonders of ancient and contemporary astronomies. Cultural astronomy, first called archaeoastronomy, has evolved at ferocious speed since its genesis in the 1960s, with seminal essays and powerful rebuttals published in far-flung, specialised journals. Until now, only the most closely involved scholars could follow the intellectual fireworks. In this book, Anthony Aveni, one of cultural astronomys founders and top scholars, offers a selection of the essays that built the field, from foundational works to contemporary scholarship. Including four decades of research throughout the Americas by linguists, archaeologists, historians, ethnologists, astronomers, and engineers, this reader highlights the evolution of the field through thematic organisation and point-counterpoint articles. Aveni -- an award-winning author and former National Professor of the Year -- serves up incisive commentary, background for the uninitiated, and suggested reading, questions, and essay topics. Students, readers, and scholars will relish this collection and its tour of a new field in which discoveries about ancient ways of looking at the skies cast light on our contemporary views. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony AveniPublisher: University Press of Colorado Imprint: University Press of Colorado Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.113kg ISBN: 9780870819001ISBN 10: 0870819003 Pages: 840 Publication Date: 30 September 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Anthony Aveni; Introduction: The Unwritten Record; Anthony Aveni; Part I Archaeoastronomy: Establishing a Method and Applying a Paradigm; Anthony Aveni; 1. Astronomical Alignment of the Big Horn Medicine Wheel; John A. Eddy; 2. Geometry and Astronomy in Prehistoric Ohio; Ray Hively and Robert Horn; 3. Archaeoastronomy at Machu Picchu; D. S. Dearborn and R. E. White; Part II Acquiring Cultural Context; Anthony Aveni; 4. The Inca Calendar; R. T. Zuidema; 5. Horizon Astronomy in Incaic Cuzco; Anthony Aveni; 6. Here Comes the Sun: The Cuzco'Machu Picchu Connection; David S.P. Dearborn and Katharina J. Schreiber; 7. Chankillo: A 2300-Year-Old Solar Observatory in Coastal Peru; Ivan Ghezzi and Clive Ruggles; 8. Keeping the Sacred and Planting Calendar: Archaeoastronomy in the Pueblo Southwest; Michael Zeilik; 9. Native Astronomy in Mesoamerica; Michael D. Coe; 10. The Role of Astronomical Orientation in the Delineation of World View: A Center and Periphery Model; Anthony Aveni; 11. Astronomical Alignments at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, Mexico; Ivan 'prajc; 12. Astronomical Observations from the Temple of the Sun; Alonso Mendez, Edwin L. Barnhart, Christopher Powell, and Carol Karasik; 13. Astronomy, Ritual, and the Interpretation of Maya 'E-Group' Architectural Assemblages; James J. Aimers and Prudence M. Rice; 14. A Reflection of the Ancient Mesoamerican Ethos; Miguel Leon-Portilla; Part III The Role of Ethnoastronomy; Anthony Aveni; 15. Current Astronomical Practices among the Maya; Judith A. Remington; 16. Quichean Time Philosophy; Barbara Tedlock; 17. Astronomical Models of Social Behavior among Some Indians of Columbia; G. Reichel-Dolmatoff; 18. The Hooghan and the Stars; Trudy Griffin-Pierce; 19. Animals and Astronomy in the Quechua Universe; Gary Urton; 20. Culture Confronts Nature in the Dialectical World of the Tropics; Billie Jean Isbell; 21. Ethnoastronomy and the Problem of Interpretation: A Zuni Example; M. Jane Young; Part IV The Classic Maya: A Testing Ground for Precise Astronomy in the Written Record; Anthony Aveni; 22. Ancient Maya Ethnoastronomy: An Overview of Hieroglyphic Sources; John S. Justeson; 23. Astronomical Knowledge and Its Uses at Bonampak, Mexico; Floyd G. Lounsbury; 24. A Palenque King and the Planet Jupiter; Floyd G. Lounsbury; 25. Astronomical Implications of an Agricultural Almanac in the Dresden Codex; Victoria R. Bricker and Harvey M. Bricker; Part V Cultural Astronomy's Greatest Mysteries; Anthony Aveni; 26. Between the Lines: Reading the Nazca Markings as Rituals Writ Large; Anthony Aveni and Helaine Silverman; 27. Possible Rock Art Records of the Crab Nebula Supernova in the Western United States; John C. Brandt, Stephen P. Maran, Ray Williamson, Robert S. Harrington, Clarion Cochran, Muriel Kennedy, William J. Kennedy, and Von Del Chamberlain; 28. A Thousand Years of the Pueblo Sun-Moon-Star Calendar; Florence Hawley Ellis; 29. Astronomical Markings at Three Sites on Fajada Butte; Anna P. Sofaer and Rolf M. Sinclair; 30. Romancing the Stone, or Moonshine on the Sun Dagger; John B. Carlson; 31. Lunar Standstills at Chimney Rock; J. McKim Malville, Frank W. Eddy, and Carol Ambruster; Part VI The Present and Future of Cultural Astronomy 3; Anthony Aveni; 32. The Study of Cultural Astronomy; Clive L.N. Ruggles and Nicholas J. Saunders; 33. Cosmograms and Maya City Planning: Selected Articles; Michael E. Smith, Wendy Ashmore, Jeremy A. Sabloff, and Ivan 'prajc; 34. Archaeology and Astronomy: A View from the Southwest; W. James Judge; 35. I Wasn't Going to Say Anything, but Since You Asked: Archaeoastronomy and Archaeology; Keith W. Kintigh; IndexReviews10 out of 10 for the idea of bringing together difficult-to-access seminal articles and carefully selected newer material to provide an introductory reader. -- Clive Ruggles CR From one of the preeminent scholars in this field, Aveni's introductory essays to each section will of themselves be invaluable resources. --Gabrielle Vail A superlative supplementary reader for courses in both astronomy and archeaology. --George Eberhart, College and Research Libraries News 10 out of 10 for the idea of bringing together difficult-to-access seminal articles and carefully selected newer material to provide an introductory reader. --Clive Ruggles 10 out of 10 for the idea of bringing together difficult-to-access seminal articles and carefully selected newer material to provide an introductory reader. Clive Ruggles 10 out of 10 for the idea of bringing together difficult-to-access seminal articles and carefully selected newer material to provide an introductory reader. -- Clive Ruggles CR 10 out of 10 for the idea of bringing together difficult-to-access seminal articles and carefully selected newer material to provide an introductory reader. -- Clive Ruggles CR 10 out of 10 for the idea of bringing together difficult-to-access seminal articles and carefully selected newer material to provide an introductory reader. --Clive Ruggles A superlative supplementary reader for courses in both astronomy and archeaology. --George Eberhart, College and Research Libraries News From one of the preeminent scholars in this field, Aveni's introductory essays to each section will of themselves be invaluable resources. --Gabrielle Vail 10 out of 10 for the idea of bringing together difficult-to-access seminal articles and carefully selected newer material to provide an introductory reader. Clive Ruggles Author InformationAnthony Aveni is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropolgy, and Native Amerifan Studies at Colgate University. He has researched and written about Maya Astronomy for more than four decades. He was named a U.S. National Professor of the year and has been awarded the H.B. Nicholson Medal for Excellence in Research in Mesoamerican Studies by Harvard's Peabody Museum. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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