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Cosmology Across Cultures
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409
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2009
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Editors: |
Rubiño-Martín, José Alberto; Belmonte, Juan Antonio; Prada, Francisco; Alberdi, Anxton
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Synopsis: |
These are the proceedings of "Cosmology Across Cultures: An International Conference on the Impact of the Study of the Universe in Human Thinking" organized by the Spanish Institutes of Astrophysics of the Canaries and Andalucía under the patronage of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC). The conference hosted in the multicultural historical city of Granada more than 80 participants from all the continents.
This conference joined specialists of cultural astronomy studies and modern cosmology in a single forum where ideas about the comprehension of the Universe across time, space, and cultures were interchanged, analyzed, revised, and challenged. An experiment, excellently represented by this book, it worked out in a most satisfactory ambience, permitting both modern cosmologists to receive an insight of how people in the past perceived the cosmos and cultural astronomers to understand the great advances of cosmology in the last few decades and consequently the exact and modest position occupied by humankind in an expanding universe dominated by dark matter and dark energy.
The volume is chronologically organized, beginning with modern cosmological studies, followed by historical documentation, and ending with information from archaeological remains. Each section of the book can be studied independently, although a general inspection of the complete volume is recommended to get a correct insight of the spirit of the conference.
This book is of interest to any scholar or student wishing to understand the evolution of the human comprehension of the universe.
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978-1-58381-698-1
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Authors |
Cover |
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Volume 409 Cover |
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Rubiño-Martín, José Alberto; Belmonte, Juan Antonio; Prada, Francisco; Alberdi, Anxton |
Front Matter |
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Volume 409 Front Matter |
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Rubiño-Martín, José Alberto; Belmonte, Juan Antonio; Prada, Francisco; Alberdi, Anxton |
Conference Photo |
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Volume 409 Conference Photograph |
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Rubiño-Martín, José Alberto; Belmonte, Juan Antonio; Prada, Francisco; Alberdi, Anxton |
Part 1. Cosmology for an Evolving World |
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Views from the Center of the Universe |
3 |
Abrams, N.E.; Primack, J.R. |
Many Worlds in One |
14 |
Vilenkin, A. |
Past, Present and Future of Cosmic Microwave Background Observations: Implications for Cosmology |
19 |
Rubiño-Martín, J.A. |
The Properties of Nearby Galaxy Structures |
29 |
Biernacka, M.; Flin, P.; Juszczyk T.; Panko E. |
N-body Simulations of Galaxy Formation: Elliptical Galaxies |
34 |
González-García, A.C. |
Supernovae and Dark Energy |
42 |
Domínguez, I.; Bravo, E.; Piersanti, L.; Straniero O.; Tornambé, A. |
Cosmologists in the Dark |
47 |
Martínez, V.J.; Trimble V. |
A Conceptual and Cultural History of Gravitational Lensing |
57 |
Valls–Gabaud, D. |
Sociology of Modern Cosmology |
66 |
López-Corredoira, M. |
Some New Reflections on Mr. Palomar |
74 |
Bertolami, O. |
Seeing the Universe: On the Cusp of Technology |
82 |
Impey, C. |
A Timeline of Astronomers and Cosmologists |
87 |
Hockey, T. |
Part 2. Drilling the Past |
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The Cosmology of William Herschel |
91 |
Hoskin, M. |
Did I Say Cosmology? On Modern Cosmologies and Ancient World-views |
100 |
Iwaniszewski, S. |
Constructing Worlds: Cosmovisions as Integral Parts of Human Ecosystems |
107 |
Rappenglück, M.A. |
The Egyptian Civil Calendar: a Masterpiece to Organize the Cosmos |
116 |
Belmonte, J.A. |
Locating True North in Ancient China |
128 |
Pankenier, D.W. |
African Cosmology |
138 |
Holbrook, J.C. |
Heavenly Messengers: The Role of Birds in the Cosmographies and the Cosmovisions of Ancient Cultures |
145 |
Rappenglück, M.A. |
The Primeval Zodiac: Its Social, Religious, and Mythological Background |
151 |
Verderame, L. |
Arcturus and the Bears |
157 |
Antonello, E. |
The Antikythera Mechanism: An Archaeoastronomical Artefact in its Literary and Religious Context |
160 |
Campion, N. |
A New Test of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity by Ancient Solar Eclipses |
166 |
Henriksson, G. |
The Astral Curved Disc of Chevroches (France) |
172 |
Devevey, F.; Rousseau, A. |
Finding the Sacred Direction: Medieval Books on the Qibla |
177 |
Rius, M. |
El libro del Relogio del Palacio de las Horas |
183 |
Morales, J.D. |
Astronomy of Maimonides and Its Arabic Sources |
188 |
Belenkiy, A. |
Bianchini’s Patron: “El Rei D. João V de Portugal” |
203 |
da Silva, C.M. |
Astronomical Orientations of Sacred Architecture during the Medieval Period in Slovenia |
209 |
Caval, S. |
The Hall of the Months of the Palace Schifanoia (Ferrara 1469-70) |
220 |
Incerti, M. |
Astronomies and Cosmologies in the Latin West |
228 |
McCluskey, S.C. |
The Milky Way through the Ages: An Iconographic Journey |
237 |
Bertola, F. |
How Galileo and Kepler Countered Aristotle’s Cosmological Errors |
242 |
Gingerich, O. |
Part 3. American Dreams |
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Mesoamerican Cosmology: Recent Finds |
253 |
Galindo Trejo, J. |
Animating the Inanimate: Camay and Astronomical Huacas of Peru |
261 |
Malville, J.M. |
Lunar Standstill Markers at Preceramic Temples at the Buena Vista Site in Perú |
267 |
Adkins, L.R.; Benfer, R.A. Jr. |
Archaeoastronomy in the Muisca Territory |
272 |
Morales, J.D. |
A Comparison of Two Independent Models of the Solar System: Bode’s Law and the 260 Day Mesoamerican Calendar |
277 |
Zito, R.R. |
A Single Mention of a Fourth Cosmological System in Mesoamerica |
283 |
Lebeuf, A. |
Pueblo Folklore, Landscape Phenomenology and the Visual Poetics of Fajada Butte |
289 |
Carey, C. |
A Remarkable Comet and Other Astronomical Objects in the Brazilian Art Rock |
297 |
de F. Mourã o, R.R. |
Astronomical and Cosmological Aspects of Maya Architecture and Urbanism |
303 |
Sprajc, I. |
Part 4. Stones and Stars |
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Orientation and Distribution of Various Dry Stone Monuments of the Sahara |
317 |
Gauthier, Y. |
Gran Canaria Re-visited |
331 |
Gil, J.C.; Belmonte, J.A. |
The Chiemgau Impact: An Extraordinary Case Study for the Question of Holocene Meteorite Impacts and their Cultural Implication |
338 |
Rappenglück, B.; Ernstson, K.; Mayer, W.; Neumair,A.; Rappenglück, M.A.; Sudhaus, D.; Zeller, K.W. |
Observations of Far-Southerly Moonrise from Hagar Qim, Ta’Hagrat, and Ggantija Temples from May 2005 to June 2007 |
344 |
Cox, J. |
Interdisciplinary Approach to Megalithic Tombs in Northern Iberia |
349 |
Gil-Merino, R.; Moreno M.A.; Gallo, Delibes de Castro, G.; González-García, A.C. |
Statistical Analysis of Iberian Peninsula Megaliths Orientations |
354 |
González-García, A.C. |
The Sky and the Landscape of Rock Art in the Ceira and Alva Basins |
359 |
Pimenta, F.; Ribeiro, N.; Smith, A.; Tirapicos, L. |
The Moon in the Perception and Measurement of Social and Ritual Time. Comments on the Pre-historic Record |
364 |
Oliveira, C. |
The Megalithic Complex of the “Preta ´ru Mulacchio” on the Monte della Stella |
370 |
Polcaro, V.F.; Ienna, D. |
The “Madonna di Loreto” Bronze Age Sanctuary and its Stone Calendar |
375 |
Tunzi, A.; Zupone, M.L.; Antonello, E.; Polcaro, V.F.; Ruggieri, F. |
Beyond the Cosmological: Numerical Scenarios underneath Ancient Annular Architectural Structures |
380 |
Ranieri, M |
First Solar and Stellar Paintings in the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic Rock Art of the Iberian Peninsula (II): new Shelters and Ceramic Pieces decorated with Astral Paintings |
387 |
Fernández Quintano, J. |
Archaeoastronomical Information in the Study of Cremation Necropolis: Preliminary Study |
391 |
Mejuto, J.; Cerdeño M.L.; Rodríguez, C. |
Review of Topo-astronomical Methods for the Precise Orientation in Archaeological Sites |
396 |
Rodríguez-Caderot, G.; Folgueira, M.; Mejuto, J.; Pascual, E. |
Archaeo-astronomical and Visibility Analysis of the “Acropolis” on the Cesi Hill, Umbria |
400 |
Magli, G.; Schiavottiello, N. |
Astronomical Orientation in Ancient Dacian Sanctuaries of Piatra Carivii, Romania. Preliminary Results |
408 |
Stanescu, F. |
Prime Astroarchaeological Researches near Mountain Monastyri in the Western Altai |
413 |
Marsadolov, L.; Dmitrieva, N. |
Material Culture As Cosmological Marker |
422 |
Dimitriades, G. |
Solar Orientations of Bronze Age Shrines in Gournia, Crete |
430 |
Henriksson, G.; Blomberg, M. |
Were there Astronomical Rituals at the Minoan Peak Sanctuaries on Crete? |
436 |
Blomberg, P.E. |
At the Dawn of Greek Astronomy: The Temple of Zagora on Andros |
442 |
Coucouzeli, A.; Avghouli, O. |
Cosmological Interpretation of Ethnological Artifacts – A Study of the Igbo People of Nigeria |
450 |
Chukwuezi, B. |
Part 5. Methodologies |
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Prehistoric Cosmology. A Methodological Framework for an Attempt to Reconstruct Bronze Age Cosmologic Ideas in the Carpathian Basin |
457 |
Pásztor, E. |
From Survey to Education: How Augmented Reality Can Contribute to the Study and Dissemination of Archaeo-astronomy |
464 |
Schiavottiello, N. |
The General Technique of the Research of Historical Sites in the Astronomical Coordinates |
469 |
Polyakov, O. |
Cosmic Symbolism in Cultures of the Epoch of Bronze |
475 |
Emchenko, D.; Polyakova, O. |
Human Cognition in the Light of Astronomical Categories |
481 |
Matsyna, A.; Polyakova, O. |
One Day Every 216 Years, Three Days Each Decan. Rebirth Cycle of Pythagoras, Phoenix, Hazon Gabriel, and Christian Dogma of Resurrection Can Be Explained by the Metonic Cycle |
487 |
Rothwangl, S. |
The Collaborations between the Italian Society for Archaeoastronomy and the Archaeological Superintendences |
494 |
Antonello, E. |
Back Matter |
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Back Matter Volume 409 |
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Rubiño-Martín, José Alberto; Belmonte, Juan Antonio; Prada, Francisco; Alberdi, Anxton |
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