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An introductory view on archaeoastronomy [PDF]

, 2016
Archaeoastronomy is still a marginalised topic in academia and is described by the Sophia Centre, the only UK institution offering a broader MA containing this field, as ‘the study of the incorporation of celestial orientation, alignments or symbolism in
Bateman T, Bateman T, Bent J T, Bertemes F, Biehl P F, Brady B, Bredekamp H, Brown D, Campion N, Childe V G, Childe V G, Childe V G, Chippindale C, Cleal R, Cooke J A, Daniel Brown, Eagleton T, eds Silva F, Frank R M, Gosden C, Hawkes J, Hawkins G S, Heggie D C, Hodder I, Hoskin M A, Hoyle F, Hoyle F, Iwaneiszewski S, Lockyer N, MacDonald J W, Marshall M P, North J D, O'Kelly M J, Pearson M P, Piggott S, Pryor F, Ptolomy C, Renfrew L C, Richards M, Richards M, Ridderstad M, Rooke H, Ruggles C L, Ruggles C L, Ruggles C L, Ruggles C L, Ruggles C L, Ruggles C L, Ruggles C L, Ruggles C L, Schaefer B E, Schmidt K, Silva F, Silva F, Silva F, Silva F, Sims L D, Sims L D, Smith J, Stiebing W H, Stukeley W, Taylor R E, Thom A, Thom A, Thom A, Thom A, Thom A S, Tilley C Y, Tilley C Y, Trigger B G, Willey G R, Williams R, Wood J, Works Hesiod   +73 more
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Cimafej Avilin: Pamiž nebam i zjamlëj: Ètnaastranomija [Between the Sky and the Earth: Ethnoastronomy]

Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2019
Nejc Petrič
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The orientation of the Mithraea in Ostia Antica [PDF]

, 2016
We conducted an investigation on the orientations and geometrical content of the Mithraea of Ostia Antica. A geometrical CAD study based on the most reliable plans from the Archives of the Sovrintendenza Speciale per il Colosseo, il MNR e l’Area ...
Carnevale, Flavio, GAUDENZI, Silvia, MONACO, MARZIA, Polcaro, Francesco Vito, Ranieri, Marcello, SCATIGNO, CLAUDIA, SCLAVI, SILVIA   +6 more
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A Study Regarding the Representation of the Sun in Young Children’s Spontaneous Drawings [PDF]

, 2017
Drawing has historically been the preeminent way of portraying the observations of the sun. The study of the early stages of the development of astronomical thought and the examination of human graphic expression indicate this.
Villanueva, Xabier, Villarroel Villamor, José Domingo   +1 more
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Observations of red-giant variable stars by Aboriginal Australians

, 2017
Aboriginal Australians carefully observe the properties and positions of stars, including both overt and subtle changes in their brightness, for subsistence and social application. These observations are encoded in oral tradition.
Allen R. H., Anonymous, Aristotle 350 BCE, Bailey J., Bailey J., Bates D., Battiste M., Berndt R. M., Berndt R. M., Bhathal R., Cairns H. C., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clarke P. A., Clunies Ross M., Frew D. J., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Hamacher D. W., Harmanec P., Haynes R. D., Herschel J. F. W., Hoffleit D., Howitt A., Isles J., Jetsu L., Johnson D. D., Johnson D. D., Leaman T. M., Maegraith B., McNight D., Meyer H. A. E., Mountford C. P., North G., Parker K. L., Prober S. M., Taplin G., Tindale N. B., Tindale N. B., Tindale N. B., White I. M., Wilk S. R., Wilk S. R.   +48 more
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Augustus' Power from the Stars and the Foundation of Augusta Praetoria Salassorum. [PDF]

, 2015
Augustus' propaganda founded the ruler's power on a series of references to the sky: Caesar's comet, which helped to establish the divine nature of kingship, the completion of the calendar's reform celebrated in the Campus Martius' meridian, and Augustus'
Giulio Magli, Stella Bertarione
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Espiritualidad indígena y participación femenina [PDF]

, 2016
El objetivo del presente artículo es evidenciar la visión que los pueblos indígenas tienen del cosmos, de la tierra y del ser humano como una unión entre lo femenino y lo masculino, atribuyendo a la mujer un papel tan importante como el del hombre.
Sánchez, Myriam
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Sundanese ethnoastronomy-based astronomy bulletin as an alternative to astronomy learning: A feasibility test

Jurnal Inovasi Teknologi Pendidikan, 2023
This study aims to determine the feasibility of independently developing a Sundanese ethnoastronomy-based astronomy bulletin as an alternative astronomical learning media. This research uses the ADDIE method, which consists of five stages, namely (1) Analysis, (2) Design, (3) Development, (4) Implementation (5)  Evaluation.
Salsabila Husna, Tsania Nur Diyana
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Opportunities to utilize traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological systems vulnerable to changes in climate and fire regimes [PDF]

, 2016
The field of adaptive management has been embraced by researchers and managers in the United States as an approach to improve natural resource stewardship in the face of uncertainty and complex environmental problems.
Armatas, CA, Carver, SJ, McBride, BB, Venn, TJ, Watson, AE   +4 more
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Etnoastronomia, etnoclimatologia i les festes “dels quaranta dies” [PDF]

, 2014
En aquest article discutim breument el rerefons i les explicacions astronòmiques i climàti-ques que han portat històricament al desenvolupament d’algunes de les festivitats, i seguidament analitzem algunes de les característiques etnobotàniques d’algunes
Climent Giner, Daniel
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