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African Cultural Astronomy (Record no. 507887)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781402066399
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-1-4020-6639-9
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Classification number QB1-991
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QB460-466
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QB980-991
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Subject category code PGC
Source bicssc
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Subject category code SCI004000
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072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code SCI005000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 520
Edition number 23
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title African Cultural Astronomy
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by Jarita C. Holbrook, Johnson O. Urama, R. Thebe Medupe.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Dordrecht :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Springer Netherlands,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent VIII, 260 p.
Other physical details online resource.
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Media type term computer
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
International Standard Serial Number 1570-6591
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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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Summary, etc. 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 scholarly collection of articles focused on the cultural astronomy of Africans. It weaves together astronomy, anthropology, and Africa. The volume includes African myths and legends about the sky, alignments to celestial bodies found at archaeological sites and at places of worship, rock art with celestial imagery, and scientific thinking revealed in local astronomy traditions including ethnomathematics and the creation of calendars. Authors include astronomers Kim Malville, Johnson Urama, and Thebe Medupe; archaeologist Felix Chami, and geographer Michael Bonine, and many new authors. As an emerging subfield of cultural astronomy, African cultural astronomy researchers are focused on training students specifically for doing research in Africa. The first part of the volume contains lessons and exercises to help the beginning student of African cultural astronomy. Included are exercises in archaeoastronomy, cultural anthropology, and naked-eye astronomy penned by authors who use these regularly use these methods for their research. This collection of lessons and research papers provides a foundation for the cultural astronomy researcher interested in doing work in Africa.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Physics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Culture
General subdivision Study and teaching.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astrophysics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmology.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Observations, Astronomical.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy
General subdivision Observations.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Physics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element History, general.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Regional and Cultural Studies.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Holbrook, Jarita C.
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Urama, Johnson O.
Relator term editor.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Medupe, R. Thebe.
Relator term editor.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Relationship information Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781402066382
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
International Standard Serial Number 1570-6591
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6639-9
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