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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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Archaeoastronomy --- Archaeoastronomy. --- Ethnoastronomy --- Ethnoastronomy.
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Ethnoastronomy --- Archaeoastronomy --- Archaeoastronomy. --- Ethnoastronomy.
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Ethnoastronomie --- Ethnoastronomy --- Ethnoastronomy. --- Japan.
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Archaeoastronomy --- Ethnoastronomy --- Landscape archaeology --- Anthropology
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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.
Archaeoastronomy. --- Ethnoastronomy. --- Latin America --- Social life and customs.
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Archaeoastronomy --- Ethnoastronomy --- Archéoastronomie --- Ethnoastronomie --- Congresses. --- Congresses --- Congrès --- Archéoastronomie --- Congrès
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Ethnoastronomy. --- Cultural astronomy --- Folk astronomy --- Indigenous peoples --- Native astronomy --- Astronomy --- Ethnology
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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
Ethnoastronomy --- Indian mythology --- Indian cosmology --- Cultural astronomy --- Folk astronomy --- Indigenous peoples --- Native astronomy --- Astronomy --- Ethnology --- Indians --- Mythology, Indian --- Mythology --- Cosmology, Indian --- Cosmology --- Religion and mythology
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