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245	1	0	_aAfrican Cultural Astronomy _h[electronic resource] : _bCurrent Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy research in Africa / _cedited by Jarita C. Holbrook, Johnson O. Urama, R. Thebe Medupe.
264		1	_aDordrecht : _bSpringer Netherlands, _c2008.
300			_aVIII, 260 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, _x1570-6591
505	0		_aChasing 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).
520			_aAstronomy 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.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aCulture _xStudy and teaching.
650		0	_aHistory.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650		0	_aCosmology.
650		0	_aObservations, Astronomical.
650		0	_aAstronomy _xObservations.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650	2	4	_aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650	2	4	_aHistory, general.
650	2	4	_aRegional and Cultural Studies.
700	1		_aHolbrook, Jarita C. _eeditor.
700	1		_aUrama, Johnson O. _eeditor.
700	1		_aMedupe, R. Thebe. _eeditor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781402066382
830		0	_aAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, _x1570-6591
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6639-9
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950			_aPhysics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)
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