Skyscapes: The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology

by Fabio Silva and Nicholas Campion

Eleven papers extend discussion of the role and importance of the landscape and the wider environment to past societies, and to the understanding and interpretation of their material remains, into consideration of the significance of the celestial environment: the skyscape. The role of the sky for past societies has been relegated to the fringes of archaeological discourse. Nevertheless archaeoastronomy has developed a new rigor in the last few decades...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782978402
• ISBN13: 9781782978404
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.4"