The volume contains 12 papers presented at the conference "Time and Astronomy in Past Cultures" (Toruń, Poland 2005). Five of them concern Near Eastern calendars and sky-watching, three are devoted to European archaeoastronomy (including a paper on Stonehenge), and two represent ethnoarchaeological research in the Baltic area.
SKU (ISBN): 978-1-60724-668-8
Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Oct 28,2009
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Page Count: 188
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-60724-668-8
The volume contains selected papers presented at the conference "Time and Astronomy in Past Cultures" which was held in Toruń, Poland early spring 2005. The meeting was organised as a commemoration o the late Andrzej Wierciński (1930-2003) who in mid-1970s initiated in Poland the scholarly research on astronomy in culture and ancient calendars. Among 12 papers published in the present book, five concern Near Eastern calendars and sky-watching, three are devoted to European archaeoastronomy (including a paper on Stonehenge), two represent ethnoarchaeological research in the Baltic area.