African Cultural Astronomy Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Holbrook, Jarita C. (Editor), Urama, Johnson O. (Editor), Medupe, R. Thebe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
• Subjects: Physics.; Culture > Study and teaching.; History.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; History, general.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

Astronomy is the science of studying the sky using telescopes and light collectors such as photographic plates or CCD detectors. However, people have always studied the sky and continue to study the sky without the aid of instruments this is the realm of cultural astronomy. This is the first scholar...