World archaeoastronomy : selected papers from the 2nd Oxford International Conference on Archaeoastronomy, held at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 13-17 January 1986 / edited by A.F. Aveni.
ocm17298585, OCoLC, 2014-08-18, 871203s1989 enka b 100 0 eng, 87035400, , , GB88-5381, , , 17325501, , , 0521341809, 9780521341806, , , , , (OCoLC)17298585, , , (OCoLC)17325501, DLC, eng, DLC, UKM, MUQ, BAKER, BTCTA, YDXCP, YAM, ZWZ, GEBAY, BDX, GBVCP, OCLCO, , , n------, s------, , , GN 799, A8 O94 1986, 0, 0, GN 799, Oxford International Conference on Archaeoastronomy, Mérida, Mexico), 1986 :, 2, , (2nd :, World archaeoastronomy :, selected papers from the 2nd Oxford International Conference on Archaeoastronomy, held at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 13-17 January 1986 /, edited by A.F. Aveni., 1, 0, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;, New York :, Cambridge University Press,, 1989., , , Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;, New York :, Cambridge University Press,, 1989., xiii, 504 p. :, ill. ;, 26 cm., , , Includes bibliographical references., , , Introduction : Whither archaeoastronomy? / A.F. Aveni -- Recent developments in megalithic astronomy / C.L.N. Ruggles -- Exploring some anthropological theoretical foundations for archaeoastronomy / Stanislaw Iwaniszewski -- Reflections on the role of archaeoastronomy in the history of astronomy / Owen Gingerich -- The king, the capital and the stars : the symbolism of authority in Aztec religion / David Carrasco -- Chinese archaeoastronomy : between two worlds / N. Sivin -- The cosmic temples of old Beijing / E.C. Krupp -- Ancient Maya ethnoastronomy : an overview of hieroglyphic sources / John S. Justeson -- Cosmological, symbolic and cultural complexity among the contemporary Maya of Yucatan / John R. Sosa -- Keeping the sacred and planting calendar : archaeoastronomy in the Pueblo Southwest / Michael Zeilik -- The Southwest connection : similarities between western Puebloan and Mesoamerican cosmology / M. Jane Young -- Antares year in ancient China / I. Ecsedy ... [et al.] -- Comets and meteors in the last Assyrian empire / Robert Chadwick -- The ancient Vedic dice game and the names of the four world ages in Hinduism / Luis González-Reimann -- The origin of the Chinese lunar lodge system / David S. Nivison -- A reflection of the ancient Mesoamerican ethos / Miguel León-Portilla -- The Mexica leap year once again / Carmen Aguilera -- Astronomical references in the table on pages 61 to 69 of the Dresden codex / Victoria R. Bricker and Harvey M. Bricker -- A Palenque king and the planet Jupiter / Floyd G. Lounsbury -- A new sun at Chichen Itza / Clemency Chase Coggins -- Zodiac signs, number sets, and astronomical cycles in Mesoamerica / Gordon Brotherston -- Comets and falling stars in the perception of Mesoamerican Indians / Ulrich Köhler -- Cosmic ideograms on petroglyphs of the Mesoamerican cultures of 'El Zape' region in Durango, Mexico / Alejandro Peschard Fernandez, Jaime Ganot Rodriquez and Jesus F. Lazalde Montoya -- North American Indian calendar sticks : the evidence for a widely distributed tradition / Alexander Marshack -- A re-examination of the Winnebago calendar stick / William Breen Murray -- Navajo Indian star ceilings / Von Del Chamberlain -- A quipu calendar from Ica, Peru, with a comparison to the ceque calendar from Cuzco / R. Tom Zuidema -- Lunar astronomies of the western Pueblos / Stephen C. McCluskey -- The Great North Road : a cosmographic expression of the Chaco culture of New Mexico / Anna Sofaer, Michael P. Marshall and Rolf M. Sinclair -- The rise and fall of the Sun Temple of Konarak : the temple versus the solar orb / J. McKim Malville -- Cognitive aspects of ancient Maya eclipse theory / Michael P. Closs -- The use of astronomy in political statements at Yaxchilan, Mexico / Carolyn Tate -- Further studies on the astronomical orientation of medieval churches in Austria / Maria G. Firneis and Christian Köberl -- Some archaeoastronomical problems in East-Central Europe / K. Barlai -- Uaxactun, Guatemala, Group E and similar assemblages : an archaeoastronomical reconsideration / A.F. Aveni and H. Hartung -- Inca observatories : their relation to the calendar and ritual / D.S.P. Dearborn and R.E. White -- The year at Drombeg / Ronald Hicks -- Starwalking - the preliminary report / Claire Farrer., 0, , 1990.811, , , Archaeoastronomy, Astronomy, Ancient, Indian astronomy, , , , 0, 0, 0, Congresses., Congresses., Congresses., Aveni, Anthony F., 1, , Baker & Taylor, BKTY, 155.00, 155.00, 0521341809, , , 0001503164, active, HELD BY AP$ - 275 OTHER HOLDINGS, , , c, a, m, a, a17298585zDLCdURIhFulliLCCkDDCtContentsu20130107, a232512715zMCSbHARVARD UNIVhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20100718, a134872624zRBNbBROWN UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCu20100716, a175488652zPULbPRINCETON UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCu20100709, a223564901zTOZbHARVARD UNIV, TOZZER LIBRhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20120630, a369299700zUBYbBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCqautu20110311, a155151471zAOWbAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOC LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100728, a266235071zCUDbCAMBRIDGE UNIVhFullu20101109, a684841543zYUSbYALE UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20101125, aZ0bAP$, GN799 .A8 O94 1986