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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 XXIV, 2011
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Volume XXII, 2009
Volume XXI, 2007-2008
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Archive
Volume XXIV, 2011
- The Maya Calendar and 2012 Phenomenon Studies
- John B. Carlson, Editor
- The Maya Calendar and 2012 Phenomenon Studies: An Introduction
- John B. Carlson
- The Maya Long Count Calendar: An Introduction
- Mark Van Stone
- It’s Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya Tell Us about 2012
- Mark Van Stone
- Primordial Time and Future Time: Maya Era Day Mythology in the Context of the Tortuguero 2012 Prophecy
- Carl D. Callaway
- The Sidereal Year and the Celestial Caiman: Measuring Deep Time in Maya Inscriptions
- Michael J. Grofe
- Maya Mythology: Only One Reference to 2012?
- Erik Boot
- Holding the Balance: The Role of a Warrior King in the Reciprocity between War and Lineage Abundance on Tortuguero Monument 6
- Barbara MacLeod
- Anticipating the Maya Apocalypse: What Might the Ancient Day-Keepers Have Envisioned for December 21, 2012?
- John B. Carlson
- New Age Sympathies and Scholarly Complicities: The History and Promotion of 2012 Mythology
- John W. Hoopes
- 2,012 by 2012? The “Impending Apparent End” of the “2012” Publishing
Phenomenon
- Kevin A. Whitesides
Volume XXIII, 2010
- Cultural Astronomy of the Ancient and Historic Southwest:
Selected Papers from the 2009 Conference on Archaeoastronomy
of the American Southwest
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- Guest Editors: Todd W. Bostwick, Bryan C. Bates, and Kenneth J. Zoll
- Introduction to Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest
- Todd W. Bostwick, Bryan C. Bates, and Kenneth J. Zoll
- Traditional Astronomical Concepts: Linking Space, Time, and Culture
- Stephen C. McCluskey
- Sonsela Buttes: Where Stars Fell Down to Earth
- Von Del Chamberlain, Hugh Rogers, and Harry Walters
- Classic Object Lessons in Southwestern Archaeoastronomy
- Victor B. Fisher
- Star Trek: Recovery and Review of the First Alleged Supernova Rock Art
- E. C. Krupp, Evelyn Billo, and Robert Mark
- Reading, Writing, and Recording the Architecture: How Astronomical Cycles
May Be Reflected in the Architectural Construction at Mesa Verde National
Park, Colorado
- Gregory E. Munson, Larry V. Nordby, and Bryan C. Bates
- Cultural Identity, Continuity, and Astronomy in Chaco Canyon
- J. McKim Malville and Andrew M. Munro
- Using Photography to Test Hypotheses in Southwestern Archaeoastronomy
- John L. Ninnemann and J. McKim Malville
- Calendrical Stations in Chaco Canyon
- Andrew M. Munro and J. McKim Malville
- Major Lunar Standstill Moonrise Shadow Casting at Casa Rinconada
- Ron Sutcliffe
- Modeling and Analysis of the Chaco Canyon Sun Dagger Site
- Benjamin P. Luce
- Petroglyph Record of a Solar Eclipse?
- Paul Rodriguez
- Archaeoastronomical Survey of Adobe Canyon
- E. Ann Owen, Robert A. Dragon, and Steve Riley
- Prehistoric Astronomy of Central Arizona
- Kenneth J. Zoll
- Exploring the Frontiers of Hohokam Astronomy: Tracking Seasons and
Orienting Ritual Space in the Sonoran Desert
- Todd W. Bostwick
Volume XXII, 2009
- A Bayesian Approach to the Orientations of Central Alentejo Megalithic Enclosures
- Fernando Pimenta, Luís Tirapicos, and Andrew Smith
- On the Orientation of Thracian Dolmens
- A. César González-García, Dimiter Z. Kolev, Juan A. Belmonte, Vesselina P. Koleva, and Lyubomir V. Tsonev
- The Astronomy at Godmanchester: A. Possible Neolithic Observatory
- David F. Lloyd
- Evidence of Astronomical Considerations in Lowland Maya Regional Settlement Patterns
- John J. Tomasic
- Australian Aboriginal Geomythology: Eyewitness Accounts of Cosmic Impacts?
- Duane W. Hamacher and Ray P. Norris
- The Determination of Islamic Fasting and Prayer Times of High-Latitude Locations: Historical Review and New Astronomical Solutions
- Karim Meziane and Nidhal Guessoum
- A Calendar Khipou of the Early Seventeenth Century and Its Relationships with Inca Astronomy
- Laura Laurencich-Minelli and Giulio Magli
- Caballilto Blanco Mound O, Oaxaca, Mexico: A New Plan
- Daniel Schávelzon
Book Reviews
- A Review Essay of: The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012, by Anthony Aveni, and 2012: Science and Prophecy of the Ancient Maya, by Mark Van Stone
- Reviewed by John W. Hoopes
- A Review of: The Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era, by Alden A. Mosshammer
- Reviewed by Sacha Stern
- A Review of: Computer Graphics in Historical and Modern Sky Observations: Graphical Analysis, Visualisation, Modelling and Image Processing, by Georg Zotti
- Reviewed by Alun Salt
Volume XXI, 2007-2008
- Journals under Threat: A Joint Response from History of Science, Technology,
and Medicine Editors
- Placing Greek Temples: An Archaeoastronomical Study of the Orientation of
Ancient Greek Religious Structures
- Efrosyni Boutsikas
- An Archaeoastronomical Survey of Major Inca Sites in Peru
- Michael J. Zawaski and J. McKim Malville
- An Overview of Australian Aboriginal Ethnoastronomy
- Philip A. Clarke
- Glyph G and the Yohualteuctin: Recovering the Mesoamerican Practice of Time Keeping and Nightly Astrology
- Gerardo Aldana
- The Margarita Structure Panels [at Copán] and the Maya Cosmogonic Couplet
of Ancestral Emergence: Redux and Reemergence
- John B. Carlson
Book Reviews
- A Review Essay of The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian, edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton
- Reviewed by Mark Hollabaugh
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Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth, by Clive Ruggles
- Reviews by Anthony F. Aveni and Bradley E. Schaefer
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Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy: From Pre-history to Easter Island, by Giulio Magli
- Reviewed by Thomas Hockey
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Les Astres dans les Textes Religieux en Égypte Antique et dans les Hymnes
Orphiques, by Amanda-Alice Maravelia
- Reviewed by Juan Antonio Belmonte
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Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History, by Denis Feeney
- Reviewed by John M. McMahon
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Trabajos de Arqueoastronomía: Ejemplos de África, América, Europa y Oceanía, edited by José Lull
- Reviewed by William Breen Murray
- Reachable Stars
Reachable Stars: Patterns in the Ethnoastronomy of Eastern North America, by George E. Lankford
- Reviewed by Von Del Chamberlain
- John "Jack" A. Eddy (1931–2009)
- Thomas Hockey
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
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