# 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](https://mapideas.org/i/ti_calendars)
- [Cosmovisions](https://mapideas.org/i/as_cosmovision)
- [Sources and voices](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_sources)
- [What does this sky mean to others?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_astro_sky)
- [What did watchers hope to find?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_hist_watch)
- [Cosmovisions](https://mapideas.org/i/cu_cosmo)
- [Indigenous knowledge](https://mapideas.org/i/cu_indknow)
- [How does each people read the sky?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_sky_people)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Archaeoastronomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeoastronomy)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/as_archaeo · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#as_archaeo