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Cultural astronomy of the Japanese archipelago : exploring the Japanese skyscape
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ISBN: 1000221091 0367809125 100022113X Year: 2021 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge,

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"Goto introduces the diverse and multi-layered skylore and cultural astronomy of the peoples of the Japanese archipelago. Going as far back as the Jomon, Yayoi and Kofun periods, this book examines the significance of constellations in the daily life of farmers, fishermen, sailors, priests and the ruling classes throughout Japan's ancient and medieval history. As well as covering the systems of the dominant Japanese people, he also explores the astronomy of the Ainu people of Hokkaido, and of the people of the Ryukyu islands. Along the way he discusses the importance of astronomy in official rituals, mythology, and Shinto and Buddhist ceremonies. This book provides a unique overview of cultural astronomy in Japan and is a valuable resource for researchers as well as anyone who is interested in Japanese culture and history"--

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Beyond paradigms in cultural astronomy : proceedings of the 27th SEAC conference held together with the EAA
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ISBN: 9781407358222 1407358227 Year: 2021 Publisher: Oxford BAR

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Journal of astronomy in culture.
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ISSN: 24734888 Year: 2016 Publisher: [Santa Barbara, CA] : University of California e-Scholarship Repository,

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Cultural astronomy of the Japanese archipelago : exploring the japanese skyscape
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ISBN: 9780367612757 0367407981 Year: 2022 Publisher: London ; : Routledge,

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Archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy : building bridges between cultures
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ISBN: 9781107019782 1107019788 Year: 2011 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Journal of skyscape archaeology.
ISSN: 20553498 Year: 2015 Publisher: Sheffield : Equinox Publishing Ltd,

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La Vida bajo el cielo estrellado : la arqueoastronomía y etnoastronomía en Latinoamérica
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ISBN: 8323554811 8323554730 Year: 2021 Publisher: Varsovia : Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego,

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Life under the starry sky is a collection of papers covering much of the most recent research in Latin American cultural astronomy. The contributors explore the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of Native American peoples, their importance for daily affairs, and reconstruct ancient calendrical and astronomical computations. This book is of particular interest to astronomers, historians, anthropologists and archaeologists, amateur astronomers, custodians of local traditions, tourist operators, and cultural heritage managers.


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SEAC 2011 Stars and Stones : voyages in archaeoastronomy and cultural astronomy : proceedings of the SEAC 2011 conference
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ISBN: 9781407313733 1407313738 Year: 2015 Volume: 2720 Publisher: Oxford Archaeopress

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Advancing cultural astronomy : studies in honour of Clive Ruggles
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ISBN: 3030646068 303064605X Year: 2021 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer,

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Reachable stars : patterns in the ethnoastronomy of eastern North America
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ISBN: 0817380930 9780817380939 9780817315689 0817315683 9780817354282 081735428X 0817315683 9780817315689 Year: 2007 Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,

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Modern Westerners say the lights in the sky are stars, but culturally they are whatever we humans say they are. Some say they are Forces that determine human lives, some declare they are burning gaseous masses, and some see them as reminders of a gloried past by which elders can teach and guide the young-mnemonics for narratives. Lankford's volume focuses on the ancient North Americans and the ways they identified, patterned, ordered, and used the stars to light their culture and illuminate their traditions. They knew them as regions that could be visited by human spirits, and so the ligh

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