Astrophysical: Archaeoastronomy

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    A very personal semblance of archaeoastronomy pioneer Professor Michael Hoskin, colleague, mentor and friend
    Michael Hoskin is the name of a scholar whose memory will remain forever linked to cultural astronomy. Professor of History of Science at the University of...
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    An archaeoastronomical approach to Roman urbanism: orientation of Roman settlement across the Empire.
    In this work we try to identify if there exist specific patterns in the orientation of Roman towns and military settlements across the Roman Empire, and whether...
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    An archaeology of the sky in Gaul in the Augustan period
    Ancient Gaul was transformed during the reign of Augustus (r. 31 BC–14 AD) through a major programme of city building. The new Roman cities were constructed...
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    An evanescent Vision of the Sacred? The equinoctial Sun at the Iberian Sanctuary of Castellar
    We present results of an archaeoastronomical study of the Iberian cave-sanctuary of La Cueva de la Lobera in Castellar (Jaén, Spain), whose foundation has been...
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    Animations archaeoastronomy
    Animations made at the IAC between 2000 and 2007
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    Archaeoastronomical approach to the pre-Roman Iberian religion. First steps.
    The author discusses possible astral and astronomical elements that could be related to the religious world of the pre-Roman Iberian culture. The widespread...
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    Archaeoastronomy and sacred places in Tenerife (Canary Islands).
    For the last few years the authors have been investigating (with work still in progress) several archaeological sites of the indigenous culture of the island of...
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    Archaeoastronomy in Bronze Age Sites of La Mancha (Spain)
    We present archaeoastronomical results of an interdisciplinary project to study Bronze Age sites of the socalled Cultura de las Motillas in the Spanish region...
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    Astral gods, tombs and sacred mountains: the case of mediterranean Africa.
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