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Ligustic archaeoastronomy

http://www.archaeoastronomy.it/index2.htm

Ligurian Archaeoastronomy, mainly in Italian but with some English and German translations.

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Lakota Ethnoastronomy

http://www.fiu.edu/~mizrachs/lakota.htm

Well referenced article by Steven Mizrach upon astronomy as practiced by the Lakota.

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Kitora Kofun - Japan

http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/kitora.htm

Referenced article exploring this ancient Japanese kofun (burial mound). Astrological charts have been determined from the "star paintings" inside the tomb.

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JC Holbrook's Publications and Web projects

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~holbrook/wproj.html

A variety of projects ranging from African Astronomy to Zodiac Mosaics.

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Indiana Jones and the Astronomers of Yore

http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/31/31.html

Introduction to basic archaeoastronomical concepts with examples from across the world.

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Ice Age Star Map Discovered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/871930.stm

A controversial discovery of a 16,000-year-old "map of the night sky" in Lascaux caves. BBC article.

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How the Shaman Stole the Moon

http://www.williamcalvin.com/bk6/

An archaeoastronomy book by William H. Calvin of the University of Washington. The book, which describes a dozen ways of predicting eclipses, can be purchased or downloaded for personal reading at no charge.

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Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/heavenly.shtml

An interdisciplinary course on cultural astronomy. The course has a goal of imparting an understanding of basic astronomical phenomena and an appreciation of their cultural significance throughout the world.

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Ethnoastronomy of the Lakota

http://faculty.normandale.edu/~physics/Hollabaugh/Lakota/default.htm

Dr. Mark Hollabaugh presents his ethnographic research of Lakota astronomy.

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Encounter with the Moon stone

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1205638.stm

The BBC's science editor comes face to face with what is claimed to be the oldest map of the Moon ever made.

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Dogon and Sirius

http://www.skepdic.com/dogon.html

A detailed examination of M. Griaule's 1950 paper "Un Systeme Soudanais de Sirius".

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Dioptra

http://members.tripod.com/Bluestar_4/Dioptra.html

The earliest dioptra (c.300 BCE) was a device for measuring the angle, in parts of a "Sign", between two celestial objects. Photos and descriptions of how to make one and how they work.

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Die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra (The Sky Disc of Nebra)

http://www.lda-lsa.de/himmelsscheibe_von_nebra/

Largely German description of the Bronze Age artefact umearthed in Saxony-Anhalt, with FAQs in English.

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Cursus: solving a 6,000-year-old puzzle

http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba69/feat1.shtml

An article from "British Archaeology" magazine arguing for an astronomical motive for the building of some cursus monuments in prehistoric Britain.

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Cultural Astronomy

http://ecuip.lib.uchicago.edu/diglib/science/cultural_astronomy/

A multimedia introduction to archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy suitable for K-12 teachers and students. Part of the University of Chicago's Digital Library.

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Cosmic link to stone circles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2928043.stm

Ancient stone circles and tombs in Ireland align with the Sun and the Moon, say astronomers. BBC Article

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Chevalier's ASTR 341 Home Page

http://www.astro.virginia.edu/class/chevalier/astr341/

Course notes for the Archaeoastronomy course at the University of Virginia, USA.

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Center for Archaeoastronomy

http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/index.html

Founded in 1978 at the University of Maryland to advance research, education and public awareness of archaeoastronomy.

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Carving the Cosmos

http://www.viewzone.com/carving_cosmos.html

Astronomical analysis of petroglyphs on sandstone panels, Arizona.

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BBC - Radio 4 - Stars In Their Eyes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/starsineyes.shtml

Rajesh Mirchandani looks at the ancient cosmologies of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and India. Requires Real Player.

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