Book ID: CBB000041425

Astronomy and ceremony in the prehistoric Southwest (1987)

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Carlson, John B. (Editor)
Judge, W. James (Editor)


Maxwell Museum of Anthropology


Publication Date: 1987
Physical Details: x + 232 pp.; illus.

Description Contents: Judge, W. James: Archaeology and astronomy: A view from the Southwest. Aveni, Anthony F.: Archaeoastronomy in the southwestern United States: A neighbor's eye view. Zeilik, Michael: Anticipation in ceremony: The readiness is all. Sofaer, Anna P., Sinclair, Rolf M.: Astronomical markings at three sites on Fajada Butte. Carlson, John B.: Romancing the stone, or Moonshine on the sun dagger. Jojola, Theodore S.: The sun personified: Some preliminary observations regarding celestial cosmology and the ordering of Pueblo Indian society. Williamson, Ray A.: Light and shadow, ritual, and astronomy in Anasazi structures. Reyman, Jonathan E.: Priests, power and politics: Some implications of socio-ceremonial control. Wilcox, David P.: The evolution of Hohokam ceremonial systems. Young, M. Jane: The nature of the evidence: Archaeoastronomy in the prehistoric Southwest. Preston, Robert A., Preston, Ann L.: Evidence for calendric function at 19 prehistoric petroglyph sites in Arizona. McCluskey, Stephen C.: Science, society, objectivity and the astronomies of the Southwest. Young, M. Jane: Issues in the archaeoastronomical endeavor in the American Southwest.


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Gilmore, Gerard
Tausch-Pebody, Gudrun
Szapiro, Aníbal
Ryuji, Hiraoki
Niels C. Lind
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