African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings)

African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa (Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings)

by Jarita Holbrook (Editor), Johnson O. Urama (Editor), R. Thebe Medupe (Editor)

Synopsis

This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of the African continent. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa and it includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites and at places of worship, rock art with celestial imagery, and scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 272
Edition: 2008
Publisher: Springer
Published: 21 Dec 2007

ISBN 10: 1402066384
ISBN 13: 9781402066382