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Modern Pamir house and calendar and astronomical views of the Pamiris [PDF]

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2023
This paper presents the evolution of the Pamir house over the past 100 years since the explorations of the Russian ethnographer Mikhail S. Andreev took place.
Antonova N.A.   +3 more
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Ethnoscience A Bridge To Back To Nature [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Ethnoscience is a paradigm emerged in anthropology in mid-1950s, as a further result of the attempts made by some American anthropologists to redefine the concept of culture that will be in line with the new model they adopt for their study and ...
Putra Heddy S. A.
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A Study of Ethnoastronomy in Ciptagelar Civilizations, Sukabumi Regency, West Java, Indonesia: Relation of Full Moon Phase with Javanese Calendar and Hijriyah Calendar [PDF]

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences, 2020
Astronomy has been practiced for as long as humans have been looking at the sky. Early civilizations used several celestial objects to do their daily activities, like doing a traditional ceremony.
Muthia Dewi, Aprilia
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Școala clujeană de astronomie culturală / The School of Cultural Astronomy from Cluj-Napoca

open access: yesAnalele Banatului. Arheologie-Istorie, 2021
In 1952, Professor Gheorghe Chiş from the Astronomical Institute together with the academician Constantin Daicoviciu initiated the idea of the existence of a Dacian calendar by deciphering the sanctuaries in the capital of Dacia at Sarmizegetusa Regia ...
Iharka Szucs-Csillik
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"Bridging the Gap" through Australian Cultural Astronomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
For more than 50,000 years, Indigenous Australians have incorporated celestial events into their oral traditions and used the motions of celestial bodies for navigation, time-keeping, food economics, and social structure.
Hamacher, Duane W., Norris, Ray P.
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The sky from the high terrace. study on the orientation of the Ziqqurat in Ancient Mesopotamia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The ziqqurat is the symbol of the Mesopotamian sacred architecture in the western thought. This monument, standardized at the end of the III millennium BC by the kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur, has changed during the history of Mesopotamia its shape ...
NADALI, Davide, Polcaro, Andrea
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Notas para una cartografía oral del cielo entre los tobas del oeste formoseño

open access: yesBulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2017
The purpose of this article is to study the Toba vision of the sky: celestial objects, asterisms, and those phenomena that, from a native perspective, are significantly related to the sky.
Cecilia Paula Gómez
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Possibilities of Using Ethnoastronomy in Teaching and Scientific Dissemination Activities

open access: yes#Tear: Revista de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, 2023
Abstract: This article aims to investigate the importance of using themes related to the areas of ethnoastronomy and cultural astronomy in teaching and scientific dissemination activities. For this, actions involving research, teaching and extension were articulated.
Alisson Roberto Fonseca   +1 more
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The development of a Utopian city? Comparing land-and skyscapes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristobal de la Laguna [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We discuss the peculiar planning of the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife (Spain), when compared to the nearby and essentially contemporary Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which served as a maritime port of the former city. For
Belmonte, Juan Antonio   +1 more
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Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2015
Concepts of Space, Time, and the Cosmos.- Calendars and Astronomy.- Astronomy and Chronology - Babylonia, Assyria, and Egypt.- Astronomy and Navigation.- Astronomy and Power.- Astronomy and Politics.- Astrology as Cultural Astronomy.- Astronomy, Astrology, and Medicine.- Ancient "Observatories" - A Relevant Concept?
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