Skyscapes: The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology
- ISBN-10
- 1782978429
- ISBN-13
- 9781782978428
- Category
- Archaeoastronomy
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Authors
- Nicholas Campion, Fabio P. Silva
Description
"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"--Provided by publisher.
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