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Astronomy and the Dreaming: The Astronomy of the Aboriginal Australians
Citation
Haynes, RD, Astronomy and the Dreaming: The Astronomy of the Aboriginal Australians, Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy, Springer, E Selin (ed), Netherlands, pp. 53-90. ISBN 978-0-7923-6363-7 (2000) [Research Book Chapter]
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-94-011-4179-6
Abstract
Astronomy Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Astronomy consists of essays dealing with the astronomical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, Egyptian and Tibetan astronomy, among others, the book includes essays on Sky Tales and Why We Tell Them and Astronomy and Prehistory, and Astronomy and Astrology. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate astronomical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | Aboriginal, astronomy |
Research Division: | Indigenous Studies |
Research Group: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history |
Research Field: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
UTAS Author: | Haynes, RD (Dr Roslynn Haynes) |
ID Code: | 121763 |
Year Published: | 2000 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2017-10-13 |
Last Modified: | 2017-10-13 |
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