J. Holbrook, R.T. Medupe, J.O. Urama (Eds.) African Cultural Astronomy Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa

Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings

▶ A unique book that deals with a growing topic ▶ A timely training manual for researchers involved in cultural astronomy in Africa

Astronomy is the science of studying the sky using telescopes and light collectors such as photographic plates or CCD detectors. However, people have always studied the sky and continue to study the sky without the aid of instruments this is the realm of cultural astronomy. This is the first scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of Africans. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa. The volume 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 2008, VIII, 260 p. scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars. Authors include astronomers Kim Malville, Johnson Urama, and Thebe Medupe; archaeologist Felix Chami, and geographer Michael Bonine, and many Printed book new authors. As an emerging subfield of cultural astronomy, African cultural astronomy researchers are focused on training students specifically for doing research in Africa. The Hardcover first part of the volume contains lessons and exercises to help the beginning student 219,99 € | £199.99 | $279.99 ▶ of African cultural astronomy. Included are exercises in archaeoastronomy, cultural *235,39 € (D) | 241,99 € (A) | CHF 259.50 ▶ anthropology, and naked-eye astronomy penned by authors who use these regularly use these methods for their research. This collection of lessons and research papers provides a eBook foundation for the cultural astronomy researcher interested in doing work in Africa. Available from your bookstore or ▶ springer.com/shop

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