Book ID: CBB000072690

Skywatchers, shamans, and kings: Astronomy and the archaeology of power (1997)

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Krupp, Ed C. (Author)


Wiley


Publication Date: 1997
Physical Details: x + 364 pp.; illus.; notes; index

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Review North, J.D. (1998) Review of "Skywatchers, shamans, and kings: Astronomy and the archaeology of power". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 329-30). unapi

Review McCluskey, S. (1998) Review of "Skywatchers, shamans, and kings: Astronomy and the archaeology of power". Archeoastronomy (Supplement to Journal for the History of Astronomy) (pp. 89-90). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gingerich, Owen
Goldstein, Bernard R.
Waerden, Bartel Leendert van der
Verbiest, Ferdinand
Tritton, S. B.
Tritton, K. P.
Concepts
Astronomy
Spherical astronomy; astrometry
Climate change
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Research institutes; research stations
Collected works
Time Periods
Renaissance
17th century
19th century
18th century
16th century
Places
British Isles
Australia
Institutions
Leipzig. Universitäts-Sternwarte
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