Cultural astronomy
The study of Cultural astronomy has been described as investigating "the diversity of ways in which cultures, both ancient and modern, perceive celestial objects and intergrate them into their view of the world."[1] As such, it is the set of interdisciplinary fields studying the astronomies of current or ancient societies and cultures.[2] Such areas include archaeoastronomy (the study of the use of astronomy and its role in ancient cultures and civilizations), ethnoastronomy (the study of the use of astronomy and its role in more recent cultures), historical astronomy (analyzing historical astronomical data), history of astronomy (understanding and study and evolution of the discipline of astronomy over the course of human knowledge) and history of astrology (investigating relationships between astrology and astronomy).
Examples
- Australian Aboriginal
- Babylonian
- Chechen (Nakh)
- Chinese
- Egyptian
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Indian
- Inuit
- Medieval Islamic
- Serbian
- Tibetan
See also
References
- Ruggles, Clive L. N.; Saunders, Nicholas J. (1993), "The Study of Cultural Astronomy", in Ruggles, Clive L. N.; Saunders, Nicholas J. (eds.), Astronomies and Cultures, Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, pp. 1–31, ISBN 0-87081-319-6
- Holbrook, Jarita; Urama, Johnson O.; Medupe, R. Thebe, eds. (2008), African Cultural Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 6, Bibcode:2008ASSP....6.....H, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6639-9, ISBN 978-1-4020-6638-2