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	Archaeoastronomy - Crystalinks
		Archaeoastronomy is the study and interpretation of solar, lunar and stellar alignments found at ancient monuments such as pyramids, towers, ground lines such as the Nazca Lines in Peru, and megalithic sites Stonehenge, Carnac, Newgrange, etc. These monuments are on major planetary grid points.
		Archaeoastronomy is the anthropology of astronomy, to distinguish it from the history of astronomy.
		Archaeoastronomy is also closely associated with historical astronomy, the use of historical records of heavenly events to answer astronomical problems and the history of astronomy, which uses written records to evaluate past astronomical traditions.
	www.crystalinks.com /archaeoastronomy.html (661 words)

	A Brief Introduction to Archaeoastronomy
		With its roots in the Stonehenge discoveries of the 1960s, archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy (the study of contemporary native astronomies) have blossomed into active interdisciplinary fields that are providing new perspectives for the history of our species' interaction with the cosmos.
		The benefit of this cooperation has been that archaeoastronomy has expanded to include the interrelated interests in ancient and native calendar systems, concepts of time and space, mathematics, counting systems and geometry, surveying and navigational techniques as well as geomancy and the origins of urban planning.
		Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy News is a large, online archive of our essays and editorials on archaeoastronomy, ethnoastronomy, and the history of science.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~tlaloc/archastro/cfaar_as.html (418 words)

	Archaeoastronomy Pages by James Q. Jacobs
		Aveni, Anthony F., and Horst Hartung 1986a Archaeoastronomy and Dynastic History at Tikal.
		Aveni, Anthony F., and Horst Hartung 1988 Archaeoastronomy and Dynastic History at Tikal.
		In Archaeoastronomy in the Americas, edited by R. Williamson, pp.
	www.jqjacobs.net /astro/archaeoastronomy.html (1567 words)

	Archaeoastronomy » The study of astronomy in culture
		Archaeoastronomy » The study of astronomy in culture
		I've moved that to archaeoastronomy.wordpress.com and now I'm using this as an index of various archaeoastronomy articles I've written for it with some I've seen elsewhere.
		If you're looking for Archaeoastronomy organisations, then there's ISAAC and SEAC and if you're interested in alternative archaeology there's the Hall of Ma'at.
	www.archaeoastronomy.co.uk (127 words)

	Archaeoastronomy pinpoints equinox, solstice and cross quarter moments throughout the year
		Archaeoastronomy pinpoints equinox, solstice and cross quarter moments throughout the year
		Archaeoastronomy's goal is to understand how skywatchers of the past fashioned and refined systems for regulating their primitive calendars and for memorializing celestial events, both cyclical and unique.
		Archaeoastronomy draws on several scientific disciplines, primarily astronomy, archaeology, anthropology, psychology and epigraphy, the decoding of ancient inscriptions.
	www.archaeoastronomy.com (796 words)

	The Official Web Site of the Center for Archaeoastronomy and ISAAC
		This is the official website of the International Center for Archaeoastronomy founded at the University of Maryland.
		We also temporarily host the online materials for ISAAC, the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture, soon to launch its own site in preparation for its several new initiatives planned for the coming year.
		Since 1977, the Center has edited a peer-reviewed journal, called Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture, which is currently published on our behalf by the University of Texas Press.
	www.wam.umd.edu /~tlaloc/archastro (173 words)

	ASP: Indiana Jones and the Astronomers of Yore
		Archaeoastronomy, like the study of dinosaurs, reconstructs things and circumstances of the deep past.
		There's the intrigue of the megaliths of Stonehenge, the ancient pyramids of Egypt, the earthen figures of Britain and Peru, and the bloody rituals of the Maya.
		As a science, archaeoastronomy is unusual in the amount of subjectivity that it involves.
	www.astrosociety.org /education/publications/tnl/31/31.html (796 words)

	Archaeoastronomy and the Search for Ancient Observatories
		With the emergence of Archaeoastronomy over the past few decades, the sciences have been presented with a unique opportunity to delve into the basis of ancient studies through the study of astronomical phenomenon.
		Archaeoastronomy is a cross disciplinary approach which examines the mythology, religion and world views of prehistoric and ancient cultures through the means of their astronomical practices.
		The astronomy in archaeoastronomy must not be explored from the biased standpoint of what we would consider in the present western view to be 'science'.
	www.larryjzimmerman.com /lost/projects97/Archae.html (2513 words)

	Search > Science : Social Sciences : Archaeology : Topics : Archaeoastronomy
		Archaeoastronomy - Dr. Cornelius Holtorf ponders the relationship of Archaeoastronomy to the megaliths of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
		Archaeoastronomy at Mounds State Park by Donald R. Cochran - During the 1988 Ball State University field school at Mounds Park, it was discovered that two enclosures were aligned to sunset at the summer and winter solstice when viewed from the center of the Great Mound
		Center for Archaeoastronomy - Founded in 1978 at the University of Maryland to advance research, education and public awareness of archaeoastronomy.
	www.cooltoad.com /links/show.php?n=Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Topics/Archaeoastronomy (1109 words)

	Reference.com/Web Directory/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Topics/Archaeoastronomy
		A Critical Look at Archaeoastronomy and the Anasazi Culture of the American Southwest - An overview of the theoretical foundations of archaeoastronomy with a case study of the Anazazi Culture.
		Archaeoastronomy: An Interview with David Dearborn - Interview with David Dearnorn, a specialist in Peruvian Astronomy.
		Cultural Astronomy - A multimedia introduction to archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy suitable for K-12 teachers and students.
	www.reference.com /Dir/Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Topics/Archaeoastronomy (1522 words)

	Return to Archeoastronomy Index Page
		My intentions for this unit of study on archaeoastronomy are to initiate students with the many amazing astronomical feats of ancient peoples.
		Archaeoastronomy is the study of astronomical practices, cosmological systems and celestial lore of ancient and pre-technical peoples by means of their material legacy.
		Archaeoastronomy requires that the appropriate cultural context be paramount to fieldwork.
	www.unm.edu /~abqteach/ArcheoCUs/99-01-06.htm (4981 words)

	Archaeoastronomy
		Archaeoastronomy is still a very new area of study with a number of different definitions.
		Archaeoastronomy is an interdisciplinary approach involving areas of cultural anthropology, astronomy, mythology, engineering, folklore, navigation, prehistoric art, navigation, land surveying, philology, and geography.
		Archaeoastronomy developed as a result of the question - Could ancient man have built stone structures to measure, or at least account for movements of the sun, moon, and other celestial objects?
	oz.plymouth.edu /~sci_ed/Turski/Courses/Astronomy/Projects/chrisd/archaeo.html (830 words)

	University of Leicester: Courses in Archaeoastronomy
		Astronomies and Cultures, edited by Clive Ruggles and Nicholas Saunders (University Press of Colorado, 1993) and Archaeoastronomy in the 1990s, edited by Clive Ruggles (Group D Publications, 1993).
		SEAC is the leading organisation for European archaeoastronomy, and this is the proceedings of the SEAC98 meeting held in Dublin.
		The two main journals in archaeoastronomy are Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture, published by the University of Texas Press, Austin, and the Archaeoastronomy supplement to the Journal for the History of Astronomy, published in Cambridge.
	www.le.ac.uk /ar/rug/aa/a3015/booklist.html (954 words)

	archaeoastronomy ancient astronomy
		He is an astrophysicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and co-editor of Archaeoastronomy, A Journal for Astronomy in Culture, as well as Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy News.
		In England the subject was taken seriously after the interpretation of Stonehenge as a Sun-Moon observatory (Hawkins, 1963).
		Archaeoastronomy at Mounds State Park by Donald R. Cochran
	www.archaeolink.com /archaeoastronomy.htm (1203 words)

	Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy by James Q. Jacobs
		This topic deserves reexamination without the prejudices and attitudes that led Fray Diego de Landa to burn the many Mayan codices-books which perhaps could have readily answered the question posed herein.
		In Archaeoastronomy in the New World, Edited by A. Aveni, pp.
		In World archaeoastronomy: selected papers from the 2nd Oxford International Conference on Archaeoastronomy.
	www.jqjacobs.net /mesoamerica/meso_astro.html (4649 words)

	About the Center for Archaeoastronomy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Center for Archaeoastronomy was founded in 1978 at the University of Maryland to advance research, education and public awareness of archaeoastronomy.
		Since 1985, the Center for Archaeoastronomy has been an independent tax-exempt, non-profit institution which sponsors conferences, lecture series and tours as well as publishing the journal, newsletters, and other special studies.
		Currently, she is working on a project to bring the spirit of scientific inquiry into the public school classroom.
	www.astronomy.pomona.edu /archeo/outside/archeoastro/cfaintro.html (314 words)

	The Door to the Past : Archaeoastronomy and the Pyramids
		The Door to the Past : Archaeoastronomy and the Pyramids
		Egyptian astronomy had much less influence on the outside world for the very simple reason that it remained through all its history on an exceedingly crude level...
		Current work uses modern numerical expressions for the mean obliquity of the ecliptic by two models of Edwardsson (2002) and Bretagnon (2003).
	bourmistroff.tripod.com /default.htm (267 words)

	MegaLinks: Archaeoastronomy
		Archaeoastronomy - A great deal of information about Archaeoastronomy: ancient sites, discussion of cyclical wonders, almanac pages for worldwide moments of Equinoxes, Solstices and Cross-Quarters, video library.
		Archaeoastronomy - An ongoing research project into the astronomical significance of megalithic sites in Ireland, including Knowth, Carrowkeel and Loughcrew.
		On this website there are photos of Chumash rock art and an animation of the winter solstice light dagger at Burro Flats, as well as John Romani's thesis on the Burro Flats site.
	www.stonepages.com /megalinks/other/archaeoastronomy (347 words)

	Cloudbait Observatory Archaeoastronomy - Egypt
		I had the pleasure of speaking at the 2004 annual conference of the American Research Center in Egypt in Tucson, April 17, 2004.
		I discussed the relative lack of attention that archaeoastronomy receives in Egyptian studies.
		There was an entire session this year dedicated to archaeoastronomy- a very positive sign.
	www.cloudbait.com /archaeo/egypt.html (418 words)

	Archaeoastronomy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Throughout the millennia, mankind has looked to the skies for a vast variety of reasons.
		Archaeoastronomy is a relatively new field of study which allows us to find out more about our species' history of interaction with the cosmos.
		This site hopes to spark your interest in Archaeoastronomy and enhance your knowledge of it.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0118421/whata.html (109 words)

	Clive Ruggles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Archaeoastronomy is the study of beliefs and practices relating to the sky in the past, especially in prehistory, and the uses to which people’s knowledge of the skies was put...
		...and I am Professor of Archaeoastronomy within the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester.
		Archaeoastronomy in the Republic of Georgia: landscapes, monuments and manuscripts.
	www.le.ac.uk /archaeology/rug/rug.html (219 words)

	MavicaNET - Archaeoastronomy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The study of the astronomical practices, celestial lore, mythologies, religions and world-views of all ancient cultures we call archaeoastronomy.
		About the Center for Archaeoastronomy and Archaeoastronomy itself: Publications of the Center, News and Annotations.
		During the 1988 Ball State University field school at Mounds Park, it was discovered that two enclosures were aligned to sunset at the summer and winter solstice when viewed from the center of the Great Mound.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/tur/5568.html (199 words)

	Publications of the Center for Archaeoastronomy
		Archaeoastronomy, the Journal of the Center, is the only publication devoted exclusively to such research.
		The 28 papers on archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy cover a broad geographical range: from California solstice sites to Vermont stone chambers and standing stones; from the mounds of Cahokia to the ceque "calendrical" lines of the Inca of Peru.
		Of special interest is the chronological sequencing of the original tables based on the level of mathematics involved in their calculation.
	www.astronomy.pomona.edu /archeo/outside/archeoastro/cfapubs.html (772 words)

	Astronomy & Space
		ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND THE SEARCH FOR ANCIENT OBSERVATORIES by Lyndsay Kyker With the emergence of Archaeoastronomy over the past few decades, the sciences have been presented with a unique opportunity to delve into the basis of ancient studies throug
		Donald R. Cochran (Department of Anthropology, Ball State University) ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AT MOUNDS STATE PARK During the 1988 Ball State University field school at Mounds Park, it was discovered that two enclosures were aligned to sunset at the sum
		Archaeoastronomy Links to interesting archaeoastronomy sites From these sites one can get to quite a few pages, so I think I'll leave the list short.
	groups.msn.com /AstronomySpace/archaeoastronomy.msnw (742 words)

	Archaeoastronomy
		Archaeoastronomy: A summary of ancient and historical sites of astronomical interest.
		Archaeoastronomy: An Interview with David Dearborn: An interview with David Dearborn, on his research at the interface between astronomy and archaeology.
		Archaeoastronomy at Mounds State Park by Donald R. Cochran: Archaeoastronomy at Mounds State Park by Donald R. Cochran
	www.quicknetguide.com /category.asp?pid=1179 (948 words)

	Archaeoastronomy or Astroarchaeology - what is it?
		A reader should be aware of this hostility, as it is the reason many archaeological guidebooks ignore archaeastronomy completely.
		This is unfortunate, as it would be more reasonable, considering the acceptance of the orientations of such imposing sites as Stonehenge and Newgrange, to allow that archaeoastronomy has some validity, and contend about the level and sophistication of prehistoric observations, rather than their actual existence.
		However, a visitor to many of the sites which are in state care and have information boards provided will notice that there is usually no information about possible astronomical purpose given.
	www.stonesofwonder.com /archaeoa.htm (1174 words)

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