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African Cultural Astronomy - Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa (Hardcover, 2008 ed.) Loot Price: R5,595
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African Cultural Astronomy - Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa (Hardcover, 2008 ed.)

Jarita Holbrook, R. Thebe Medupe, Johnson O. Urama

Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings

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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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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
Release date: December 2007
First published: 2008
Editors: Jarita Holbrook • R. Thebe Medupe • Johnson O. Urama
Dimensions: 237 x 161 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Edition: 2008 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-6638-2
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General
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LSN: 1-4020-6638-4
Barcode: 9781402066382

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