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Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2019 Abstract The Saka calendrical inscriptions recorded the time journey in its own specific way, such as the use of suklapaksa and kresnapaksa, equipped with saptawara, pancawara and sadwara day names. At the next stage, it is addedd with wuku. During the Majapahit era, the time dimensional recording was expanded to include such elements as
A Prabowo +3 more
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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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The Hawaiians: supplement 1983-1987 [PDF]
, 1985 Supplement includes contents arranged by Author and Record number and Index.Scattered over two centuries of Hawaiian literature is a multitude of little- known and often forgotten publications depicting and analyzing ancient and modern Hawaiians and ...
Kittelson, David J., Tachihata, Chieko
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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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Landscape Archaeology and Ethnoastronomy: a marriage foretold?
, 2007 Peer ...
Criado-Boado, Felipe +1 more
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Review of The Oxford handbook of linguistic fieldwork [PDF]
, 2015 National Foreign Language Resource ...
Pawley, Andrew
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, 2015 The Maya were known for their astronomical proficiency. This is demonstrated in the Mayan codices where ritual practices were related to astronomical events/predictions.
Chanier, Thomas
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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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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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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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