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SEAC 2011 Stars and Stones: Voyages in Archaeoastronomy and Cultural Astronomy: Proceedings of the SEAC 2011 conference
Edited by F. Pimenta, N. Ribeiro, F. Silva, N. Campion, A. Joaquinito and L. Tirapicos
Since Prehistory, the sky has always been integrated as part of the cosmovision of human societies. The sky played a fundamental role not only in the orientation of space, time organization, ritual practices or celestial divination, but also as an element of power. Migrations and voyages are intrinsic to humankind, they opened the routes for cultural diffusion and trade, but also for power dominance. Following these routes is also to follow cultural diversity and how human societies met or clashed. The sky and astronomical phenomena provided the tools for time reckoning, calendar organization and celestial navigation that supported those voyages. Astronomy today gives us the capacity to reproduce the sky, opening a window through which we can glimpse how those societies perceived, integrated and manipulated the sky into their world-views and their myths and, ultimately, into their social organization. The papers presented in this volume were submitted after the 19th meeting of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture, Évora, Portugal, 19th-23rd September, 2011.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Proceedings of the SEAC2011 Conference
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Preface
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Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Committees and Participants
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Proceedings
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1. OPENING AND PUBLIC LECTURE
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VOYAGES GUIDED BY THE SKIES: ANCIENT CONCEPTS OF EXPLORING AND DOMESTICATING TIME AND SPACE ACROSS CULTURES
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VOYAGES OF THE ZODIAC, AN IMPENITENT TRAVELLER ACROSS LANDS AND AGES
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2. ASTRONOMICAL NAVIGATION: AN ENCOUNTER OF WORLDS
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NAUTICAL ASTROLABE: NEWS FROM A SHIPWRECK IN NAMIBIA
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CELESTIAL NAVIGATION IN THE USA, FIJI, AND TUNISIA
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THE PROBLEM OF LONGITUDE IN THE 18TH CENTURY: JORGE JUAN, ANTONIO DE ULLOA AND THE EXPEDITION OF THE PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TO THE KINGDOM OF PERU
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STAR-PATHS, STONES AND HORIZON ASTRONOMY
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PROTOHISTORIC AND HISTORICAL ATLANTIC NAVIGATION: ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE AZORES
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03. ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL VOYAGES IN ANTIQUITY, EGYPT, MIDDLE EAST AND MEDITERRANEAN
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SACRED LANDSCAPE OF SAQQARA IN THE OLD KINGDOM
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ORIENTATIONS OF THE VILLAS AT TYLISSOS ON CRETE AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO THE MINOAN CALENDAR
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DEFINING ASTROLOGY IN ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL HISTORY
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ORION IN HOMER: IS IT A TERRESTRIAL, AN ASTRAL OR AN ASTRONOMICAL MYTH?
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HIMERA AND PYRGI: THE DIAGONALS AND THE ALIGNMENTS OF THE TEMPLES
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PLATO’S COSMIC THEOLOGY: A RATIONALE FOR A POLYTHEISTIC ASTROLOGY?
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ANCIENT TOPOMETRY, THE TRACING OF TOWNS IN THE ROMAN EPOCH: ULPIA TRAIANA DACICA SARMIZEGETUSA – ROMANIA. SECOND PART
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04. ETHNOASTRONOMICAL VOYAGES IN AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE AND OCEANIA
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READING ALIEN LANDSCAPES: THICK VERSUS THIN DESCRIPTIONS IN ARCHAEOASTRONOMY
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF TEMPLE ORIENTATION IN ANCIENT INDIA
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THE COSMOS IN PORTUGUESE POPULAR TRADITION: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND FIELDWORK APPROACH
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ON THE INTERCOURSE BETWEEN INDIAN AND THE ARABIC/PERSIAN ASTROLOGIES
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05. ETHNOASTRONOMICAL VOYAGES IN NORTH AMERICA, MESOAMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA
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SHAKING EDEN: VOYAGES, BODIES AND CHANGE IN THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH AMERICAN SKIES
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SKY TRAVELERS: COSMOLOGICAL EXPERIENCES AMONG EVANGELICAL INDIANS FROM THE ARGENTINIAN CHACO
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06. ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL VOYAGES IN PALEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC CULTURES
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NOTES ON ARCHAEOASTRONOMY IN PORTUGAL: FROM FIRST LIGHT TO DARK MOON
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A VOYAGE AROUND THE RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLES OF NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND
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DANISH PASSAGE GRAVES, ‘SPRING/SUMMER/FALL FULL MOONS’ AND LUNAR STANDSTILLS
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DITCHED ENCLOSURES IN SOUTHERN PORTUGAL: AN ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL VIEW
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POSSIBLE ASTRONOMICAL INTENTIONALITY IN THE NEOLITHIC MNAJDRA SOUTH TEMPLE IN MALTA
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ASTRONOMICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ORIENTATION OF KREIS-GRABENANLAGEN IN LOWER AUSTRIA
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NEW OBSERVATIONS OF THE GIANT’S CHURCHES
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OUT OF AFRICA: THE SOLARIZATION OF THE MOON
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A POSSIBLE ASTRONOMICALLY ALIGNED: MONOLITH AT GARDOM’S EDGE
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07. ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL VOYAGES IN CHALCOLITHIC, BRONZE AND IRON AGES
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A PLACE ALONG THE WAY: CONTEXTUALISING FINDINGS FROM THE IRON AGE POST ENCLOSURE AT LISMULLIN, CO. MEATH, IRELAND
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OPEN AIR ROCK ART BETWEEN ALVA AND CEIRA RIVERS: A VOYAGE THROUGH MINING, TRADING, TRANSHUMANCE ROUTES AND THE ORIENTATION IN THE LANDSCAPE
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ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATIONS IN SANCTUARIES OF DAUNIA
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FROM HILLFORTS TO SAINTS: SUN TROPOI AND PATTERNS OF CHRISTIANIZATION IN NW SPAIN
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ASTRONOMICAL ASPECTS OF KRAKOW’S MONUMENTAL MOUNDS
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A MYTH IN CELTIBERIAN ASTRONOMY
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THE ASTRONOMICAL SANCTUARY OF THE CELTIBERIAN TOWN OF SEGEDA (MARA, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN)
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MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF THE GOBUSTAN: SUNDIAL OBSERVATORY
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8. ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL VOYAGES IN MEDIEVAL TIME IN ORIENT AND OCCIDENT
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A VOYAGE OF CHRISTIAN MEDIEVAL ASTRONOMY: SYMBOLIC, RITUAL AND POLITICAL ORIENTATION OF CHURCHES
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TRANSIENT ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS AS INSPIRATION SOURCES OF MEDIEVAL ART. III: THE 13TH AND 14TH CENTURIES, AND THE CASE OF THE FRENCH “ORDRE DE L’ÉTOILE”
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SOLAR AND CALENDRICAL SYMBOLISM IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL FINNISH CHURCH MURALS
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ENGLISH MEDIEVAL CHURCHES, ‘FESTIVAL ORIENTATION’ AND WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
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9. HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY: AN ENCOUNTER OF CULTURES
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GODS, DEMONS AND DECEIVERS: JESUITS FACING CHACO SKIES
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BOSCOVICH, THE BRERA OBSERVATORY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT
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ARCHAEOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY. A 300-YEAR VOYAGE
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ASTRONOMY AND “AZULEJO” PANELS IN PORTUGUESE JESUIT COLLEGES
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THE ROLE OF CULTURAL ASTRONOMY IN BRIDGING THE SNOW’S “TWO CULTURES”: SOME ITALIAN EXPERIENCES
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EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI AND ASTRONOMY
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10. ROUND TABLE: TO WHEREIS ARCHAEOASTRONOMY VOYAGING?ARCHAEOASTRONOMY, CULTURAL ASTRONOMY AND EDUCATION
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NAVIGATING BETWEEN THE SCYLLA OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM AND CHARYBDIS OF LOGICAL EMPIRICISM: THE CONSTRUCTION OF FACTS IN ARCHAEOASTRONOMY
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WHERE IS CULTURAL ASTRONOMY GOING?
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Published: 2015
Publisher: BAR Publishing
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BAR Number: S2720