archaeastronomy
See also: archæastronomy
English
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ)ki.əsˈtɹɒnəmi/
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- Rhymes: -ɒnəmi
Noun
[edit]archaeastronomy (uncountable)
- (astronomy, archaeology) The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
- 1979, John Howland Rowe, “Review: Archaeoastronomy in Meso America and Peru”, in Latin American Research Review, volume 14, number 2, page 227:
- Archaeoastronomy is an endeavor to find out something about ancient astronomy and related matters through the use of archeological data and the study of ancient texts.
- 1989, John Michell, A Little History of Astro-Archaeology, page 6:
- The current fashion is to call the subject archaeoastronomy, as if it were more the business of astronomers or historians of astronomy than of archaeologists.
Translations
[edit]The archeological study of astronomy
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