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| Genre/Form: | Congresses |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Todd W Bostwick; Bryan Bates; Pueblo Grande Museum. |
| ISBN: | 1882572386 9781882572380 |
| OCLC Number: | 85885501 |
| Description: | xxii, 470 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Ethnographic/historical approaches: The role of the Pleiades in integrating social, ecological, and astronomical time : the Bororo ceremony of Akiri-doge E-wure Kowudu / Stephen M. Fabian -- Tupi-Guarani indigenous knowledge of relations between heavens and earth / Flavia Pedroza Lima, Ildeu de Castro Moreira, and Germano Bruno Afonso -- From "archaeo" to "ethno" : an indigenous Australian astronomy : the story of action research into Boorong astronomy since 1995 / John Morieson -- Finding the thunderbird in Navajo astronomy / Nancy C. Maryboy and David Begay -- On the trail of Dinétah skywatchers : sun and moon / Von Del Chamberlain and Hugh C. Rogers -- American ideals patterned in stars : Native American emblems in the sky / Von Del Chamberlain -- The Americas: Zenith observations and the conceptualization of geographical latitude in ancient Mesoamerica : a historical interdisciplinary approach / Johanna Broda -- Out of Teotihuacán : cross-circle figures in the Valley of Mexico / Stanislaw Iwaniszewski -- The cross-in-circle motif at Boca de Potrerillos, Nuevo León, México : cardinal direction symbolism in rock art? / William Breen Murray -- Lunar alliances : shedding light on conflicting classic Maya theories of hegemony / Gerardo V. Aldana -- Chimney Rock as a ceremonial center and port-of-trade within the Chaco system / Gary Fairchild, J. McKim Malville, and Nancy J. Malville -- Evaluating the Chimney Rock Pueblo with respect to observing the major lunar standstill moonrises : potential architectural encoding of astronomic knowledge / Ron Sutcliffe -- A midsummer sunbeam site in New England / Fred W. Martin and Elizabeth F. Martin -- Astro-archaeology at Town Creek Indian Mound / Vance R. Tiede -- The Sun Temple of Llactapata and the ceremonial neighborhood of Machu Picchu / J. McKim Malville, Hugh Thomson, and Gary Ziegler. |
| Series Title: | Pueblo grande museum anthropological papers, No. 15. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Todd W. Bostwick, Bryan Bates. |
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