Archaeoastronomy Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones /

• Main Author: Magli, Giulio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Cultural heritage.; Architecture.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Architectural History and Theory.; Cultural Heritage.

This book provides the first complete, easy to read, up-to-date account of the fascinating discipline of archaeoastronomy, in which the relationship between ancient constructions and the sky is studied in order to gain a better understanding of the ideas of the architects of the past and of their re...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: What is Archaeoastronomy, and why studying it
• Ideas
• Astronomy and people
• Astronomy and power
• Astronomy and afterworld
• Astronomy and architecture
• Astronomy and landscape
• Methods
• The celestial coordinates
• The apparent motion of the Sun
• The apparent motion of the stars
• The apparent motion of the Moon and the planets
• The observation of celestial bodies at the horizon
• The use of astronomical software in aa
• The methods for making measures in aa
• The methods for analyzing measures in aa
• Places
• Stonehenge
• Giza
• Chichen Itza
• The Island of the Sun
• The Campus Martius
• The Valley of the Temples of Agrigento
• Menorca
• Chimney Rock.