Overview
- Explores a wide range of topics in cultural astronomy
- Showcases the global reach of astronomy in culture
- Written by world-leading scholars in the fields of archaeoastronomy and cultural astronomy
Part of the book series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy (HCA)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Part II
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Ruggles’ work in these areas has had a profound impact on the way that scholars approach evidence of the role of sky in both ancient and modern cultures. While the papers span many time periods and regions, they are closely connected by these three major themes, presenting methodological investigations of how we can approach archaeological, textual, and ethnographic evidence; describing detailed archaeoastronomical case studies; or stressing the importance of global heritage management.
This work will appeal to researchers and scholars interested in the history and development of cultural astronomy.
Reviews
“The volume is definitively worth reading, especially for young researchers.” (Giulio Magli, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Vol. 54 (1), February, 2023)
“The contributions are all thoroughly referenced and the production of the book is good. I learnt a lot; but the very breadth of scope and great specialization of the contributions make the book more likely to be dipped into than read through or find a place in many astronomers’ libraries.” (Peredur Williams, The Observatory, Vol. 142 (1286), February, 2022)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Efrosyni Boutsikas is Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology in the Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies. She investigates the expression of ancient Greek cosmological beliefs and astronomical knowledge discerned in myths and religious performance. Efrosyni has ongoing research projects in Greece and Sicily and has published in a range of classical, archaeological, and archaeoastronomical journals and edited volumes. She is the author of The Cosmos in Ancient Greek Religious Experience: Sacred Space, Memory, and Cognition (2020).
Stephen McCluskey is Professor Emeritus of History at West Virginia University. Trained as a Historian of Medieval Science, his research has focused on early astronomies and their relationships with religion and other elements of culture. Among his works are Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe (Cambridge, 1998) and numerous other publications on early medieval astronomy, the astronomies of the Hopi and other Puebloan peoples, and on the interactions of astronomy with other cultural traditions. He was recently selected as a Fellow of the American Astronomical Society.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advancing Cultural Astronomy
Book Subtitle: Studies In Honour of Clive Ruggles
Editors: Efrosyni Boutsikas, Stephen C. McCluskey, John Steele
Series Title: Historical & Cultural Astronomy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64606-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64605-9Published: 09 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64608-0Published: 10 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-64606-6Published: 08 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2509-310X
Series E-ISSN: 2509-3118
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 319
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Archaeology, Cultural History