Overview
- Covers a variety of fascinating topics within the growing discipline of Archaeoastronomy
- Focuses especially on Archaeoastronomy in Sicily and the Mediterranean and Cultural Astronomy
- Includes discussion of the use of astronomical and statistical methods within the discipline
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (ASSSP, volume 48)
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This book addresses a variety of topics within the growing discipline of Archaeoastronomy, focusing especially on Archaeoastronomy in Sicily and the Mediterranean and Cultural Astronomy. A further priority is discussion of the astronomical and statistical methods used today to ascertain the degree of reliability of the chronological and cultural definition of sites and artifacts of archaeoastronomical interest. The contributions were all delivered at the XVth Congress of the Italian Society of Archaeoastronomy (SIA), held under the rubric "The Light, the Stones and the Sacred" – a theme inspired by the International Year of Light 2015, organized by UNESCO. The full meaning of many ancient monuments can only be understood by examining their relation to light, given the effects that light radiation produces in “interacting” with lithic structures. Moreover, in addition to manifestations of the sacred through the medium of light (hierophanies), there are many ties between temples, tombs, megalithic structures, and the architecture of almost all ages and cultures and our star, the Sun. Readers will find the book to be a source of fascinating insights based on synergies between the disciplines of archaeology and astronomy.
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Table of contents (15 papers)
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Front Matter
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Archaeoastronomy in Sicily and in the Mediterranean
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Cultural Astronomy
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Andrea Orlando is an astronomy researcher at the Catania Astrophysical Observatory in Sicily (INAF) and also undertakes research in association with the National Laboratories of the South (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN). Dr. Orlando graduated in Physics from the University of Catania (with a focus on astrophysics, including an experimental thesis on northern lights undertaken at the Institute of Interplanetary Space Physics in Rome). He then gained an international PhD in nuclear and particle astrophysics at the Graduate School of the University of Catania with a thesis on space weather. Dr. Orlando is a scholar of medieval history and ancient astronomy. He is a member of the Italian Society of Archaeoastronomy (SIA) and is currently the president of the Institute of Sicilian Archaeoastronomy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Light, The Stones and The Sacred
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the XVth Italian Society of Archaeoastronomy Congress
Editors: Andrea Orlando
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54487-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-54486-1Published: 30 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85404-5Published: 09 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54487-8Published: 27 May 2017
Series ISSN: 1570-6591
Series E-ISSN: 1570-6605
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 245
Number of Illustrations: 93 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, History of Science