Archaeology From The Sky
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Skyscapes
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Author : Fabio Silva
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2015-03-12
Skyscapes written by Fabio Silva and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-12 with Social Science categories.
Eleven papers extend discussion of the role and importance of the landscape and the wider environment to past societies, and to the understanding and interpretation of their material remains, into consideration of the significance of the celestial environment: the skyscape. The role of the sky for past societies has been relegated to the fringes of archaeological discourse. Nevertheless archaeoastronomy has developed a new rigour in the last few decades and the evidence suggests that it can provide insights into the beliefs, practices and cosmologies of past societies. Skyscapes explores the current role of archaeoastronomical knowledge in archaeological discourse and how to integrate the two. It shows how it is not only possible but even desirable to look at the skyscape to shed further light on human societies. This is achieved by first exploring the historical relationship between archaeoastronomy and academia in general, and with archaeology in particular. The volume continues by presenting case-studies that either demonstrate how archaeoastronomical methodologies can add to our current understanding of past societies, their structures and beliefs, or how integrated approaches can raise new questions and even revolutionise current views of the past.
Archaeology From Above
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Author : Giorgio Ferrero
language : en
Publisher: White Star Publishers
Release Date : 2010
Archaeology From Above written by Giorgio Ferrero and has been published by White Star Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Photography categories.
The first book to portray the world's foremost archaeological sites exclusively from the air. The opportunity to see the beauty and grandeur of the world's foremost archaeological sites in their totality, as complete architectural units, is impossible on foot. From above, whether in a plane, helicopter or hot-air balloon, the entrenched fields seem to breathe new life, the cities recover the largeness of their dimensions, and the thermal baths and theatres seem ready to host their patrons again. This spectacular volume records the fabulous journey by a group of renowned specialist photographers, never before made, over the Pyramids of Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, over the sites where the great Mediterranean civilizations arose, then hovering over the architectural jewels of the ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, beholding the complex structure of the historic cities of the Far East, and tracing the sinuous stone snake of the Great Wall of China. ILLUSTRATIONS: 192 colour photographs
Visualising Skyscapes
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Author : Liz Henty
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-19
Visualising Skyscapes written by Liz Henty and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-19 with Social Science categories.
Above the land and its horizon lies the celestial sphere, that great dome of the sky which governs light and darkness, critical to life itself, yet its influence is often neglected in the archaeological narrative. Visualising Skyscapes captures a growing interest in the emerging field of skyscape archaeology. This powerful and innovative book returns the sky to its rightful place as a central consideration in archaeological thought and can be regarded as a handbook for further research. Bookended by a foreword by archaeologist Gabriel Cooney and an afterword by astronomer Andrew Newsam, its contents have a wide-reaching relevance for the fields of archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, archaeoastronomy, astronomy, heritage and cultural studies. The volume balances six chapters on theory and methodology which elaborate on the history and practice of the field with six other chapters focused on case studies from around the world. Visualising Skyscapes captures the growing interest in the multidisciplinary study of skyscapes and will be of interest to academics, students and the general public, as well as having international appeal. It is topical, timely and relevant to current debates and will hopefully stimulate further interest in this exciting and relatively new area of investigation. The contributions showcase the work of distinguished academics in the field and the chapters are all enhanced by numerous photographs and images.
From The Ground To The Sky
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Author : Fabio Silva; Liz Henty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-10-15
From The Ground To The Sky written by Fabio Silva; Liz Henty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-15 with categories.
Towards Skyscape Archaeology
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Author : Fabio Silva
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Release Date : 2015-06-30
Towards Skyscape Archaeology written by Fabio Silva and has been published by Oxbow Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with Social Science categories.
The study of beliefs and practices concerning the sky in the past and the uses to which people's understanding of the sky was put has long been of great interest to archaeologists and the wider public, but also controversial. After the dispute in the 1960s and 70s between archaeologists and astronomers over the intentionality behind identified high-precision alignments such as those at Stonehenge, the modern discipline of archaeoastronomy has found its feet deeply rooted in fieldwork and statistical tests for validity. However, archaeoastronomy, particularly its prehistoric variety, is currently at an impasse. Although thousands of structures have now been surveyed for celestial alignments, and statistical analyses do suggest some degree of intentionality in some cases, only very rarely have these been successfully interpreted and integrated into the archaeological narrative. Archaeoastronomers have failed to fully engage with what the alignments meant for prehistoric people and why they decided to incorporate them into their structures. This impasse is one of the reasons why archaeologists have for so long kept their distance. Towards Skyscape Archaeology looks at archaeoastronomical theory and method from the point of view of archaeology. It highlights current limitations and suggests what needs to be addressed and overcome for archaeoastronomy to produce knowledge of value to the broader academic community. It argues that archaeoastronomy needs to come closer to archaeology; it needs to become a skyscape archaeology, and proposes ways to achieve this. Using case studies from Peru, Scotland, Spain, Malta and Stonehenge, Fabio Silva challenges the orthodoxy and argues that with a different approach we can further our understanding of the cosmology and worldviews of the cultures and societies.
Archaeology From The Sky
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Author : Toby Gane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Archaeology From The Sky written by Toby Gane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
Mysteries And Discoveries Of Archaeoastronomy
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Author : Giulio Magli
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2009-04-09
Mysteries And Discoveries Of Archaeoastronomy written by Giulio Magli and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-09 with Science categories.
The book is divided into two parts. In the first, the reader is taken on an ideal ‘world tour’ of many wonderful and enigmatic places in almost every continent, in search of traces of astronomical knowledge and lore of the sky. In the second part, Giulio Magli uses the elements presented in the tour to show that the fundamental idea which led to the construction of the astronomically-related giant monuments was the foundation of power, a foundation which was exploited by ‘replicating’ the sky. A possible interpretive model then emerges that is founded on the relationship the ancients had with “nature”, in the sense of everything that surrounded them, the cosmos. The numerous monumental astronomically aligned structures of the past then become interpretable as acts of will, expressions of power on the part of those who held it; the will to replicate the heavenly plane here on earth and to build sacred landscapes. Finally, having formulated his hypothesis, Professor Magli returns to visit one specific place in detail, searching for proof. This in-depth examination studies the most compelling, the most intensively studied, the most famous and, until recently, the most misunderstood sacred landscape on the planet - Giza, in Egypt. The archaeoastronomical analysis of the orientation of the Giza pyramids leads to the hypothesis that the pyramids of Cheops and Chephren belong to the same construction project.
Where The Earth And Sky Are Sewn Together
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Author : Deni J. Seymour
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Where The Earth And Sky Are Sewn Together written by Deni J. Seymour and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
Where the Earth and Sky Are Sewn Together includes recent archaeological findings to provide an enhanced interpretation of the Sobaipuri-O'odham lifeway, addressing questions that have been unanswerable by historical documents alone.
Sky And Purpose In Prehistoric Malta
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Author : Tore Lomsdalen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Sky And Purpose In Prehistoric Malta written by Tore Lomsdalen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Archaeoastronomy categories.
Where Sky And Yorkshire And Water Meet
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Author : Chris Fenton-Thomas
language : en
Publisher: On-Site Archaeology
Release Date : 2011
Where Sky And Yorkshire And Water Meet written by Chris Fenton-Thomas and has been published by On-Site Archaeology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Antiquities categories.
CD-ROM contains specialist reports in .pdf format.