Synopsis
Introduction: What is Archaeoastronomy, and why studying it.- Ideas.- Astronomy and people.- Astronomy and power.- Astronomy and afterworld.- Astronomy and architecture.- Astronomy and landscape.- Methods.- The celestial coordinates.- The apparent motion of the Sun.- The apparent motion of the stars.- The apparent motion of the Moon and the planets.- The observation of celestial bodies at the horizon.- The use of astronomical software in aa.- The methods for making measures in aa.- The methods for analyzing measures in aa.- Places.- Stonehenge.- Giza.- Chichen Itza.- The Island of the Sun.- The Campus Martius.- The Valley of the Temples of Agrigento.- Menorca.- Chimney Rock.
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