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Stories of the Stars: The History and Folklore of Tibetan Ethnoastronomy [PDF]
, 2013 Traditionally, the night sky played an important role in the lives of Tibetans. Stars and constellations were used in navigation and in telling time. Folklore and proverbs surround these constellations and there are myths about the moon and planets as ...
Johnson-Groh, Mara
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Review of The Oxford handbook of linguistic fieldwork [PDF]
, 2015 National Foreign Language Resource ...
Pawley, Andrew
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Wurdi Youang: an Australian Aboriginal stone arrangement with possible solar indications
, 2012 Wurdi Youang is an egg-shaped Aboriginal stone arrangement in Victoria, Australia. Here we present a new survey of the site, and show that its major axis is aligned within a few degrees of east-west.
Abrahams, Reg +3 more
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Landscape Archaeology and Ethnoastronomy: a marriage foretold?
, 2007 Peer ...
Criado-Boado, Felipe +1 more
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An Ethnomathematics Exercise for Analyzing a Khipu Sample from Pachacamac (Perú) [PDF]
, 2012 A khipu sample studied by Gary Urton embodies an unusual division into quarters. Urton‟s research findings allow us to visualize the information in the pairing quadrants, which are determined by the distribution of Sand Z-knots, to provide overall ...
Alberto Saez-Rodríguez
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Draft Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage strategy for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [PDF]
, 2018 [Extract] The Draft Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage strategy for the Great Barrier Reef sets out a vision, guiding principles, objectives, actions and anticipated outcomes for how the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority will work with
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Linking Indigenous Knowledge and Observed Climate Change Studies [PDF]
We present indigenous knowledge narratives and explore their connections to documented temperature and other climate changes and observed climate change impact studies.
Alexander, Chief Clarence +12 more
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High-precision GPS survey of Via Appia: Archaeoastronomy-related aspects [PDF]
, 2014 Via Appia was built by the Romans around 312 BCE to connect Rome with Capua during the Samnite wars. The road is an astonishing engineering masterpiece.
D., Sampietro +3 more
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Songlines and Navigation in Wardaman and other Australian Aboriginal Cultures
, 2014 We discuss the songlines and navigation of the Wardaman people, and place them in context by comparing them with corresponding practices in other Australian Aboriginal language groups, using previously unpublished information and also information drawn ...
Harney, Bill Yidumduma, Norris, Ray P.
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A Family Guide to the Sun [PDF]
This downloadable 46-page activity and resource guide is a collection of puzzles, pictures, poetry and projects designed to stimulate co-learning experiences between children aged 6 to 13 and the adults they learn with.
Amy Wilkerson +3 more
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