African Cultural Astronomy : Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa

Astronomy is the science of studying the sky using telescopes and light collectors such as photographic plates or CCD detectors. However, people have always studied the sky and continue to study the sky without the aid of instruments this is the realm of cultural astronomy. This is the first scholar...

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Autres auteurs: Holbrook, Jarita Charmian (Directeur de la publication), Medupe, Rodney (Directeur de la publication), Urama, Johnson O. (Directeur de la publication)
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Langue:Anglais
Publié: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Springer e-books [20..].
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Collection:Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
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Edition sous un autre format:• African cultural astronomy, current archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy research in Africa, Jarita C. Holbrook, R. Thebe Medupe, Johnson O. Urama [editors], [Berlin?], Springer, 2008, 1 vol. (VIII-260 p.), Astrophysics and space science proceedings, 978-1-4020-6638-2
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505 1 |a Chasing the Shadow of the Moon: The 2006 Ghana Eclipse Conference The Use of Ethnographic Methods in Cultural Astronomy Research A Brief Outline on the Geographical Background of Africa The Astronomical Gnomon Naked-eye Astronomy for Cultural Astronomers Leadership Integrating African Cultural Astronomy into~the~Classroom A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Eclipses Teaching Cultural Astronomy: On the Development and Evolution of the Syllabus at Bath Spa University and the University of Wales, Lampeter Evidence of Ancient African Beliefs in Celestial Bodies Astronomy of Nabta Playa Romans, Astronomy and the Qibla: Urban Form and Orientation of Islamic Cities of Tunisia The Timbuktu Astronomy Project The Cosmological Vision of the Yoruba-Idààcha of Benin Republic (West Africa): A Light on Yoruba History and Culture The Relationship Between Human Destiny and the Cosmic Forces A Study of the IGBO Worldview Cultural Astronomy in the Lore and Literature of Africa Astronomy and Culture in Nigeria Participation and Research of Astronomers and Astrophysicists of Black African Descent (1900 2005) 
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