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Concepts of Space, Time, and the Cosmos

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Space, time, and cosmos are concepts so fundamental and familiar to the Western world that they are often taken as universal. Time and space are regarded as entities in themselves that exist independently of the rest of reality, “dimensions” that are empty or neutral. Accordingly, Western societies treat them as resources or commodities. However, the assumption that space and time exist and are real is not universal to humankind.

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  1. División de Posgrado, Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Tlalpan, México, D.F., Mexico

    Stanisław Iwaniszewski

  2. Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne, Warszawa, Poland

    Stanisław Iwaniszewski

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  1. School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

    Clive L.N. Ruggles

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Iwaniszewski, S. (2015). Concepts of Space, Time, and the Cosmos. In: Ruggles, C. (eds) Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_2

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