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Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy studies how people of the past watched and used the sky: alignments of buildings to the Sun or stars, calendars, and the stories told about what happens above. It sits where astronomy meets archaeology, anthropology and history.
Connects to
- Calendars
- Cosmovisions
- Sources and voices
- What does this sky mean to others?
- What did watchers hope to find?
- Cosmovisions
- Indigenous knowledge
- How does each people read the sky?