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African Cultural Astronomy - ENG

Current Archaeoastronomy And Ethnoastronomy Research In Africa

Jarita Holbrook; ?R. Thebe Medupe; ?Johnson O. Urama

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ISBN:	9781402066399
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Ciencia
Subtema:	Astronomia
Año de publicación:	2008-01-01

This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of the African continent. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa and it includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites and at places of worship, rock art with celestial imagery, and scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars.

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