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ASTRONOMY ACROSSCULTURES
The History of Non-Western Astronomy
Editor
HELAINE SELINHampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Advisory Editor
SUN XIAOCHUNUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERSDORDRECHT/BOSTON/LONDON
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments :' xi
About the Contributors xiii
Introduction xix
Sky Tales and Why We Tell ThemE. C. Krupp 1
Astronomy and PrehistoryLawrence H. Robbins 31
Astronomy and the Dreaming: The Astronomy of the AboriginalAustraliansRoslynn D. Haynes '"" 53
Useful and Conceptual Astronomy in Ancient HawaiiMichael E. Chauvin . 91
Ancient Astronomical Monuments in PolynesiaWilliam Liller 127
A Polynesian Astronomical Perspective: the Maori of Ni w ZealandWayne Orchiston 161
The Inca: Rulers of the Andes, Children of the SunDavid S. P. Dearborn 197
Mesoamerican Astronomy and the Ritual CalendarJohanna Broda 225
Native American Astronomy: Traditions, Symbols, Ceremonies,Calendars, and RuinsVon Del Chamberlain 269
Birth and Development of Indian AstronomySubhash Kak 303
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Remarks on the Origin of Indo-Tibetan AstronomyYukio Ohashi 341
Indo-Malay AstronomyBambang Hidayat 371
A Cultural History of Astronomy in JapanSteven L. Renshaw and Saori Ihara 385
History of Astronomy in KoreaPark, Seong-Rae 409
Crossing the Boundaries Between Heaven and Man: Astronomy inAncient ChinaSun Xiaochun 423
Astronomical Practices in Africa South of the SaharaKeith Snedegar 455
Astronomy in Ancient EgyptGregg DeYoung 475
Babylonian Astrology: Its Origin and Legacy in EuropeNicholas Campion 509
Hebrew Astronomy: Deep Soundings from a Rich TraditionY. Tzvi Langermanh 555
Mathematical Astronomy in Islamic CivilizationDavid A. King -_ 585
Islamic Folk AstronomyDaniel Martin Varisco 615
Index 651