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Astronomy and Power: How Worlds Are Structured: Proceedings of the SEAC 2010 Conference
Michael A. Rappenglück, Barbara Rappenglück, Nicholas Campion and Fabio Silva
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Throughout the course of history, from early prehistory to the Space Age, power structures have existed which have been more or less derived from or correlated to astronomical phenomena or certain cosmologies and cosmovisions. These have significantly affected and formed the economic, social, political, artistic and religious life of people across different cultures. Cosmographies, time reckoning and calendar systems, celestial navigation techniques, landscape and architectural models of cosmicpotency, celestial divination and astrological ideas, cosmic clothing and other related concepts have been used successfully by interest groups to establish, maintain and expand psychological, social, religious and political power. Furthermore, the celestial sphere and its inhabitants have also been closely connected and partially interwoven with the concept of the manifestation of cosmic order and power both in nature and in culture. The book's 43 chapters cover numerous aspects of the topic, from general ideas to astronomy and politics in the Modern Age.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREFACE
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEES
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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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IMPRESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE
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GENERAL IDEAS
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KEEPERS OF TIME AND GUARDIANS OF SPACE – SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF ASTRONOMY AND POWER
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THE SOCIAL LIFE OF CELESTIAL BODIES: THE SKY IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
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ASTRAL HIGH-FASHION CLOTHING: RELATIONS BETWEEN COSTUMES AND ASTRONOMY
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NEOLITHIC CULTURES
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ASTRONOMY, LANDSCAPE AND POWER IN EASTERN ANATOLIA
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PREHISTORIC SANCTUARIES IN DAUNIA
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ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL WORLD FROM ROMANIA
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MEGALITHIC CULTURES
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EQUINOCTIAL FULL MOON MODELS AND NON-GAUSSIANITY: PORTUGUESE DOLMENS AS A TEST CASE
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KREISGRABENANLAGEN: EXPRESSIONS OF POWER LINKED TO THE SKY
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RE-STRUCTURING THE WORLD OF SCOTTISH MEGALITHIC SITES AND ANIMATING ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA THROUGH 3D COMPUTERISATION
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RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLES: THEORY OVERVIEW BASED ON FIELDWORK CONDUCTED AT THREE SITES
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POWER OF CALENDAR AND CLOCKS
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CALENDARS AS SYMBOLS OF POWER
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ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS – REPRESENTATIONS OF POWER
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CHALCOLITHIC / BRONZE AGE / IRON AGE CULTURES
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LUNI-SOLAR SYMBOLISM IN AN ARTEFACT FROM BULGARIA
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ASTRONOMY, RELIGION AND THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY IN PREHISTORIC FINLAND
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ASTRONOMY AND THE POWER: THE SINGULAR BUILDING OF TURÓ DEL CALVARI (VILALBA DELS ARCS, TARRAGONA)
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PRECISE ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENTS OF ANCIENT DACIAN SITES WITHIN THE PYTHAGOREAN MEGA-TRIANGLE SARMIZEGETUSA-REGIA-RETEZAT-PARÂNG
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ORIENTATION IN THE LANDSCAPE OF OPEN AIR ROCK ART IN THE MOUNTAINS BETWEEN THE ALVA AND CEIRA RIVERS: THE PODOMORPH CARVINGS
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TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES CLOSE TO THE PLEIADES ON THE NEBRA DISK AND SWEDISH ROCK-CARVINGS
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ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE KARATAEVO FORTRESS SANCTUARY ON THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA COAST
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EGYPT, MINOAN CULTURE
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STELLAR AND SOLAR COMPONENTS IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY AND ROYAL IDEOLOGY
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THE ELITE AT KNOSSOS AS CUSTODIANS OF THE CALENDAR
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PRINCE P. A. PUTYATIN WAS THE FORERUNNER OF RUSSIAN ARCHAEOASTRONOMY
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CULTURES IN EUROPE, ASIA, OCEANIA AND AFRICA
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THE CELESTIAL ENGINE AT THE HEART OF TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN CULTURE
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COSMIC POWER: THEMES OF ASTRONOMY AND POWER WITHIN THE FILM COSMIC AFRICA
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THE CONCEPT OF POWER AND COSMOLOGY: MANIPULATION OF COSMOLOGY BY SPIRITUALISTS OR NATIVE DOCTORS (DIBIA), A CASE STUDY OF THE IGBO SOCIETY OF NIGERIA
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SOME ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN MOON MYTHOLOGY
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STARS OF POWER – ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS ON ANCIENT PRINCELY INSIGNIA
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CULTURES OF NORTH AMERICA, MESOAMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA
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ASTRONOMY AND POWER IN MESOAMERICA
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POSSIBLE MESOAMERICAN NAKED-EYE OBSERVATION OF SUNSPOTS – I: EVIDENCE FROM THE TIKAL BALL COURT MARKER
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CALENDRIC-ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATION AS AN EXPRESSION OF POWER IN MESOAMERICA
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POSSIBLE MESOAMERICAN NAKED-EYE OBSERVATION OF SUNSPOTS – II: EVIDENCE FROM THE CODICES
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POWER, DANGER AND LIMINALITY: MOON, STARS AND WOMEN AMONG THE TOBA OF WESTERN FORMOSA (GRAN CHACO, ARGENTINA)
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A TOPOLOGY OF POWER: SKY AND SOCIAL SPACE IN THE ARGENTINEAN CHACO
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ANTIQUITY
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AMONG THE CIRCLES: A GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TEATRO MARITTIMO IN VILLA ADRIANA
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MEDIEVAL TIME IN ORIENT AND OCCIDENT
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ASTRONOMY AND THE STATE: TIME, SPACE AND POWER IN THE FOUNDATION OF BAGHDAD
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ASTRONOMY AND POLITICS: THREE CASE STUDIES ON THE SERVICE OF ASTROLOGY TO SOCIETY
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THE DUSTŪR AL-MUNAJJIMĪN OR DOES A SOVEREIGN NEED ASTRONOMY TO STRUCTURE HIS REIGN?
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THE ORIENTATION OF PRE-ROMANESQUE CHURCHES IN SPAIN: ASTURIAS, A CASE OF POWER RE-AFFIRMATION
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ASTRONOMICAL HERITAGE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: LATE MEDIEVAL TOMBSTONES AND ASTRAL MOTIFS
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THE STAR OF MAGI: TRANSIENT ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS AS SOURCES OF INSPIRATION IN LATE MEDIEVAL ART
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A SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL ASTRONOMY
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ASTRONOMY AND POLITICS IN THE MODERN AGE
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ASTRONOMY AND POLITICIANS
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COMETS IN POLITICAL CARICATURES: EXAMPLES FROM THE 18TH TO 21ST CENTURY
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Published: 2016
Publisher: BAR Publishing
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BAR Number: S2794