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The Journal of the Center for Archaeoastronomy
Editor: John B. Carlson, Director
Co-Editors: David S. P. Dearborn, Clive L. N. Ruggles, Stephen McCluskey, Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
Book Review Editor: Stephen McCluskey, Department of History, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506
The Journal of The Center for Archaeoastronomy and ISAAC, the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture. The Center is an independent foundation created to advance research, education, and public awareness of archaeoastronomy, including ethnoastronomy; and to promote archaeoastronomy as a discipline within the sciences, the arts, and the humanities.
Also available is the online companion publication, Archaeoastronomy & Ethnoastronomy News, on the website of The Center for Archaeoastronomy. A&E News provides the latest news in archaeoastronomy, including conference notices, new books and web sites, as well as forthcoming events from the Center and ISAAC.
Submission Guidelines
Volume XX, 2006
Volume XIX, 2005
Volume XVIII, 2004
Volume XVII, 2002-2003
Archive
Volume XX, 2006
- Interpreting Solstitial Alignments in Late Neolithic Wessex
- Clive Ruggles
- Neolithic Cosmology and the Monument Complex of Thornborough, North Yorkshire
- Jan Harding, Ben Johnson and Glyn Goodrick
- The Sun and the Moon as Marks of Time and Space Among the Mocovíes of the Argentinian Chaco
- Sixto Ramón Giménez Benítez, Alejandro Martín López and Anahi Granada
- Arrangement of Sacred Space in the Burial Area of the Bronze Age Dashti Kozy Cemetery (Central Asia)
- Tamila Potyomkina; Translated by Alla Lushnikova
- Which Equinox?
- Antonio César González-García and Juan Antonio Belmonte
Book Reviews
- Celestial DivinationAncient Astronomy and Celestial Divination, edited by N. M. Swerdlow
- Reviewed by Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
- Unwritten MessagesUnwritten Messages from the Carpathian Basin, edited by Katalin Barlai and Ida Bonár-Kutzián
- Reviewed by Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
- Astronomy and EmpireAstronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cultural Origins of Inca Sky Watching by Brian S. Bauer and David S.P. Dearborn
- Reviewed by Mariusz S. Ziolkowski
Volume XIX, 2005
- Sacred Mountains, Ceremonial Sites, and Human Sacrifice Among the Incas
- Johan Reinhard and Constanza Ceruti
- Astronomical Observations from the Temple of the Sun
- Alonso Mendez, Edwin L. Barnhart, Christopher Powell, and Carol Karasik
- The Ambivalent Character of Xurawe: Venus-Related Ritual and Mythology Among West Mexican Indians
- Johannes Neurath
Book Reviews
- In Synchrony with the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islamic Civilization, Volume One: The Call of the Muezzin (Studies I-IX) by David A. King
- Reviewed by Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
- Exploring Ancient Skies: An Encyclopedic Survey of Archaeoastronomy by David H. Kelly and Eugene F. Milone
- Reviewed by Thomas Hockey
Volume XVIII, 2004
- Solstice Observations in Mangareva, French Polynesia: New Perspectives from Archaeology
- Patrick V. Kirch
- The Study of Astronomies in Cultures as Reflected in Dissertations and Theses
- Stephen C. McCluskey
- Reassessing Zapotec Astronomy
- Anthony F. Aveni
Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Conference Selections
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Introduction
- Grant R. Aylesworth
- Astronomical Interpretations of Ancient Maya E-Group Architectural Complexes
- Grant R. Aylesworth
- Glyphs D and E of the Lunar Series at Yaxchilan and Piedras Negras
- Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
- The Maya Katun Cycle and the Retrograde Periods of Jupiter and Saturn
- Susan Milbrath
- Astronomical Alignments in the Rio Bec Architecture
- Ivan Sprajc
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Conference Selections
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Introduction
- Keith Snedegar
- In Search of Mahutonga: A Possible Supernova Recorded in Maori Astronomical Traditions?
- David A. Green and Wayne Orchiston
- The Bamboo Stick Calendar of the Muong People in Vietnam
- Nguyen Mau Tung and Nguyen Thi Vuong
Book Reviews
- Cosmovisión, ritual e identidad de los pueblos indígenas de México by Johanna Broda and Félix Báez Jorge, editors
and La montaña en el paisaje ritual by Johanna Broda, Stanisław Iwaniszewski, and Arturo Montero, editors
- Reviewed by William Breen Murray
- Astronomy and Calendar in Ancient Rome: The Eclipse Festivals by Leonardo Magini
- Reviewed by A. Lewis Licht and John T. Ramsey
- The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories by John L. Heilbron
- Reviewed by Stephen C. McCluskey
Volume XVII, 2002-2003
- The Sun, Moon, and Venus among the Stars: Methods for Mapping Mayan Sidereal Space
- Dennis Tedlock and Barbara Tedlock
- Solstice Markers at "House of Two Suns"
- Norman Hammond
- Some Notes on Orientations of Prehistoric Stone Monuments in Western Polynesia and Micronesia
- César Esteban
- The Cairo Calendar as a Stellar Almanac
- Patty A. Hardy
- Ancient Egyptian Astronomy: Ursa MajorSymbol of Rejuvenation
- Joan Relke and Allan Ernest
- Geometry at Stonehenge
- Marcello Ranieri
- Archaeoastronomical Orientation of Seven Significant Ancient Hellenic Temples
- Ioannis Liritzis and Helen Vassiliou
Book Reviews
- Skywatchers by Anthony F. Aveni
- Reviewed by Stanisław Iwaniszewski
- Tombs, Temples and their Orientations: a new Perspective on Mediterranean Prehistory by Michael Hoskin
- Reviewed by Juan Antonio Belmonte
- Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship by Eleanor Mannikka
- Reviewed by John McKim Malville
- Il Designo della luce nell'archetitura cistercense. Allineamenti astronomici nelle abbazie di Chiaravalle della Colomba, Fontevivo e San Martino de' Bocci by Manuela Incerti
- Reviewed by Lorenzo Baldasso
- The Compostion of Kepler's Astronomia nova by James R. Voelkel
- Reviewed by A. E. L. Davis
Film Review
- The Mystery of Chaco Canyon by Anna Sofaer
- Reviewed by Ruth Van Dyke
Archaeoastronomy Archive
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