Skywatching in the Ancient World: New Perspectives in Cultural Astronomy

by Clive Ruggles

Compiled in honor of Anthony F. Aveni, America's leading archaeoastronomer, Skywatching in the Ancient World offers state-of-the-art work in cultural astronomy by well-known experts in Mayan glyphic studies, cultural history, ethnohistory, and the history of science and of religions.

This collection's wide range of outstanding scholarship reveals that cultural astronomy has come into its own. The diverse topics addressed by the contributors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607320770
• ISBN13: 9781607320777
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 416 Pages