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Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) Phase IV
Cesare Berrini's hypotheses concerning the relationships between bas-relief carvings on the Gateway of the Sun, the annual solar cycle, and geometric time measurement.
http://www.mtsn.tn.it/astrofili/mat/puerta/
Center for Archaeoastronomy
Founded in 1978 at the University of Maryland to advance research, education and public awareness of archaeoastronomy.
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/index.html
Star Myths and Constellation Lore
Supporting website for the book by Dr. Theony Condos. Includes sample chapter and links.
http://www.cosmopolis.com/star-myths/
Oldest Astronomical Monument Found
Discovery of a 6,500-year-old monument at Nabta, Egypt. BBC article.
http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_72000/72595.stm
Ethnoastronomy of the Lakota
Dr. Mark Hollabaugh presents his ethnographic research of Lakota astronomy.
http://www.nr.cc.mn.us/physics/Lakota/default.htm
Lithuanian Ethnoastronomy
An online book of the folkore in Lithuania surrounding the sun, moon and stars by Jonas Vaiðkûnas.
http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/eastr/eastr_c.html
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
http://www.gbl.indiana.edu/abstracts/88/cochran_88.html
Archaeoastronomy in Denmark
Brief introductory article.
http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/archaeoas.htm
Archaeoastronomy
A section of Chaco Canyon National Historical Culture Park, NM, that has been occupied by both Anasazi and Navajo peoples, is being surveyed for astronomically relevant features
http://renoir.vill.edu/~astronom/obs95/node11.html
Archaeoastronomy in Gotland
There are about 3600 known grooves in stones in Gotland. The most important feature of the grooves is alignment. A study of 1256 grooves showed that they are aligned with certain positions of the celestial bodies, apparently the sun or the moon.
http://www.stavar.i.se/grooves/grooves.html
Astronomy in Japan
Astronomy in Japan with a lot of information on Japanese Star lore and astronomical history.
http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html
University of Massachusetts Sunwheel
A project to build a stone circle aligned to the sunrises and sunsets of the solstices and equinoxes, as well as the north pole star, for use by the community as a tool for education and outreach.
http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/index2.html
The Shaw Butte Notebook
This site makes extensive use of Quicktime to describe and demonstrate the workings of an Hohokam observatory.
http://www.amug.org/~sbplum/Shawindex.html
Archaeoastronomy
Well developed site featuring articles and photographs on a number of significant sites and their Archaeoastronomy
http://www.cloudbait.com/archaeoastronomy.html
Pathfinder - Ancient American Calendar
Observe video of light/shadow interplay on 1,000+ year old rock art marking equinox sunrise at a remote, newly discovered Colorado site.
http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/Pathfinder/index.html
Aboriginal Star Knowledge
Native American Astronomy, with a focus on Lakota star knowledge.
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stars/starmenu.html
The Dogon and Sirius
A detailed examination of M. Griaule's 1950 paper "Un Systeme Soudanais de Sirius" in terms of both ethnography and astronomy.
http://www.geocities.com/martinclutt/index.html
Dioptra
The earliest dioptra (c.300 BCE) was a device for measuring the angle, in parts of a "Sign", between two celestial objects. Photos and descriptions of how to make one and how they work.
http://members.tripod.com/Bluestar_4/Dioptra.html
Archaeoastronomy
Introduction to Irish megalithic complexes; includes future astronomical sight times.
http://WWW.BLUHORIZONLINES.ORG/
Southern Stars: Aboriginal Astronomy
Evidence of highly complex astronomy within Australian Aboriginal society.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005462
Temple Orientation and Heliacal Stars
Orientation of Greek and Egyptian temples and the role of astronomy in the setting of temple orientation.
http://www.geocities.com/aleph135/temple15.html
Archaeoastronomy
A comprehensive introduction to archaeoastronomy including a look at various people groups and case studies of sites.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0118421
Carving the Cosmos
Astronomical analysis of petroglyphs on sandstone panels, Arizona.
http://www.viewzone.com/carving_cosmos.html
Ancient Astronomy
An interactive atlas of the world links to the archaeoastronomy and multicultural cosmology of ancient times.
http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/index.html
Archaeo-astronomical hypotheses on some Ligurian engravings
Study of rupestral engravings in Italy.
http://www.archaeoastronomy.it/archaeo-astronomical_hypotheses_on_some_ligurian_engravings2.htm
SEAC - the European Society For Astronomy In Culture
Academic society with conferences and publications. English and French text.
http://www.iac.es/seac/seac.html
ISAAC - International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture
Contact details for this international academic society.
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/isaac.html
Kitora Kofun - Japan
Referenced article exploring this ancient Japanese kofun (burial mound). Astrological charts have been determined from the "star paintings" inside the tomb.
http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/kitora.htm
Sites in Asuka, Japan
Stone relics and monuments, of unknown age or origin, with possible Solstitial and/or Principle Term alignments. With photos.
http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/asukas.htm
Lakota Ethnoastronomy
Well referenced article by Steven Mizrach upon astronomy as practiced by the Lakota.
http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/lakota.htm
Ancient Astronomy
Brief page discussing the evidence of astronomy at Chaco Canyon, with illustrations.
http://www.ncafe.com/4corners/astronomy.html
Archaeoastronomy
Dr. Cornelius Holtorf ponders the relationship of Archaeoastronomy to the megaliths of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
http://citd.scar.utoronto.ca/CITDPress/holtorf/5.3.4.html
AR315 Lecture Timetable
Archaeoastronomy Lecture notes and photographs from Leicester University.
http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/rug/AR315/leclist.html
How the Shaman Stole the Moon
An archaeoastronomy book by William H. Calvin of the University of Washington. The book, which describes a dozen ways of predicting eclipses, can be purchased or downloaded for personal reading at no charge.
http://faculty.washington.edu/wcalvin/bk6/
Ligustic archaeoastronomy
Ligurian Archaeoastronomy, mainly in Italian but with some English and German translations.
http://www.archaeoastronomy.it/index2.htm
Cursus: solving a 6,000-year-old puzzle
An article from "British Archaeology" magazine arguing for an astronomical motive for the building of some cursus monuments in prehistoric Britain.
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba69/feat1.shtml
Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy
An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy. The course has a goal of imparting an understanding of basic astronomical phenomena and an appreciation of their cultural significance throughout the world.
http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.shtml
Solar Astronomy in the Prehistoric Southwest
A slide show of Anasazi astronomical sites with extensive notes.
http://www.hao.ucar.edu/public/education/archeoslides/index.html
Loughcrew Megalithic Cairns - Ireland
An introduction the to astronomical theories surrounding these Irish Neolithic Cairns.
http://www.knowth.com/loughcrew.htm
Chevalier's ASTR 341 Home Page
Course notes for the Archaeoastronomy course at the University of Virginia, USA.
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/class/chevalier/astr341/
BBC World Service: The Stargazers of Ancient Egypt
Dr Kate Spence's theory of the cardinal alignment of Great Pyramid explained.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sci_tech/highlights/001116_pyramids.shtml
Archeoastronomy
Seminar series by the Albuquerque Teachers' Institute looking at the practice of astronomy by the native peoples of North America.
http://www.unm.edu/~abqteach/ArcheoCUs/
JC Holbrook's Publications and Web projects
A variety of projects ranging from African Astronomy to Zodiac Mosaics.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~holbrook/wproj.html
The Sophia Project
A project run by the Sophia Trust to advance the scholarly study of astrology and cultural astronomy in British institutions of higher education.
http://www.sophia-project.org.uk/
Starlore
Homepage of Paul Curnow with information on native astronomies, in particular the astronomy of the Aboriginal people of Australia.
http://ching.apana.org.au/~paulc/index.html
Big Dipper Little Dipper Stone
Photograph of a sandstone artifact from Palo Alto California, and text which argues that marking carved into it are native represenations of the Big Dipper and Little Dipper.
http://snyder_kas.home.mindspring.com/Indian_Stones.html
Prehistoric Moon Map Unearthed
The BBC reports that astronomer Dr Philip Stooke has found a map of the moon in an Irish tomb that pre-dates the earliest known one by about 5000 years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/325290.stm
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.
http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/6265/papers/theory/archaeoastronomy.html
The Sophia Centre
The Centre for the Study of Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at Bath Spa University, UK
http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/historical-and-cultural-studies/sophia/
Megalithic Sites of Great Britain
Re-evaluation of the existence of the Megalithic Calendar proposed by Alexander Thom.
http://www.megalithicsites.co.uk
German site predates Stonehenge
A possible astronomical observatory has been found near Goseck, eastern Germany. From the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (English Edition).
http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub=%7BB1311FFE-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88%7D&doc=%7B5FBD3E06-AB92-4BE8-A2E3-52F038FFF746%7D
BBC Radio 4 - Unearthing Mysteries - Tri-Radial Cairns in Northumberland
Prof. Aubrey Manning examines possible astronomical alignments in a class of cairns found in northernmost England.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/unearthingmysteries_20030819.shtml
Archaeoastronomy.com
Overview of archaeoastronomy. Includes maps, almanacs and video archive.
http://archaeoastronomy.com/
Scientific American: Circles for Space
An article on how a German "Stonehenge" may be the world's oldest observatory.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?SID=mail&articleID=000CDCCF-1783-1FA8-95ED83414B7F0000&chanID=sa004
BBC - Radio 4 - Stars In Their Eyes
Rajesh Mirchandani looks at the ancient cosmologies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and India. Requires Real Player.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/starsineyes.shtml
Aztec Astronomy and Observation of Nature
Explains how the alignment of some of the temples illustrated the spring solar equinox, the relationship to the stories of the gods, and the calendar systems.
http://www.artcamp.com.mx/AZ/1.html
Ice Age Star Map Discovered
A controversial discovery of a 16,000-year-old "map of the night sky" in Lascaux caves. BBC article.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/871930.stm
Ancient Tomb Captured Both Sun and Moon
A unique prehistoric tomb in Ireland has been revealed to align to both the midsummer Sun and the midwinter Moon. BBC article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/313720.stm
Pyramids Lined Up With The Stars
British Egyptologist puts forward an astronomical theory for the northern alignment of the Great Pyramid at Giza. BBC article.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1024779.stm
Stones of Wonder
A guide the megalithic monuments of Scotland and their astronomical alignments. Also contains many illustrations, a bibilography and suggestions for the best times of year to visit.
http://www.stonesofwonder.com/
An archaeoastronomy sensation from Germany?
Report on the display of the Sky Disc of Nebra from The Cosmic Mirror #236.
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~dfischer/mirror/236.html
Germany's Sky Disk seen as key for archaeoastronomy
A description of the Sky Disc of Nebra from The Cosmic Mirror #243
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~dfischer/mirror/243.html
Die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra (The Sky Disc of Nebra)
Largely German description of the Bronze Age artefact umearthed in Saxony-Anhalt, with FAQs in English.
http://www.archlsa.de/sterne/
Cultural Astronomy
A multimedia introduction to archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy suitable for K-12 teachers and students. Part of the University of Chicago's Digital Library.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/ecuip/diglib/science/cultural_astronomy/
Cosmic link to stone circles
Ancient stone circles and tombs in Ireland align with the Sun and the Moon, say astronomers. BBC Article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2928043.stm
Encounter with the Moon stone
The BBC's science editor comes face to face with what is claimed to be the oldest map of the Moon ever made.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1205638.stm
Indiana Jones and the Astronomers of Yore
Introduction to basic archaeoastronomical concepts with examples from across the world.
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/31/31.html
Archaeoastronomy: An Interview with David Dearborn
Interview with David Dearnorn, a specialist in Peruvian Astronomy.
http://archaeology.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa041998.htm
Archaeoastronomy: A Survey of Prehistoric Sites in South Wales - Introduction
An archaeoastronomical survey of prehistoric sites in South Wales and Herefordshire. Includes tables of original data.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mjpowell/ArchaeoAstro/ArchaeoAstro.htm
Archaeoastronomy and the Search for Ancient Observatories
Brief overview of the use of astronomy in different ancient cultures across the world.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/webcourse/lost/projects97/Archae.html
The Kanayama Megaliths and Solar Calendar
Study of a Japanese megalithic site which may have have had astronomical uses.
http://www.town.kanayama.gifu.jp/megaliths/
Archaeoastronomy in the American Southwest
A brief look at the astronomy of the Anasazi. Includes photographs of the Fajada Butte light-dagger.
http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/People/sw_archaeoastronomy.htm
Selected Bibliographical References on Mesoamerican Archaeoastronomy
Bibliographical companion to a Mayan Archaeoastronomy course run by Tulane University.
http://www.tulane.edu/~anthro/other/archastro.html
The Material World
BBC Radio 4 interview on the methodology of archaeoastronomy with Prof. Clive Ruggles and Dr. Frank Prendergast. Requires Real Player.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20030501.shtml
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