Prehistoric Astronomy in the Southwest
Prehistoric Astronomy in the Southwest

Author: J. McKim Malville

Publisher: Big Earth Publishing

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781555661168

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Archaeoastronomy is a discipline pioneered at Stonehenge and other megalithic sites in Britain and France. Many sites in the southwestern United States have yielded evidence of the prehistoric Anasazi's intense interest in astronomy, similar to that of the megalithic cultures of Europe. Drawing on the archaeological evidence, ethnographical parallels with historic pueblo peoples, and mythology from other cultures around the world, the authors present theories about the meaning and function of the mysterious stone alignments and architectural orientations of the prehistoric Southwest.

Echoes of the Ancient Skies
Echoes of the Ancient Skies

Author: E. C. Krupp

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0486137643

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Popular, authoritative look at the world of archaeoastronomy, the study of ancient peoples' observation of the skies and its role in their cultural evolution. 208 illustrations.

Chaco Astronomy
Chaco Astronomy

Author: Anna Sofaer

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780943734460

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Chaco Astronomy: An Ancient American Cosmology contains the remarkable findings of the past three decades of scientific and cultural investigations into the astronomical practices of the ancestral Puebloans -- people who built massive expressions of a remarkable world-view in the American Southwest. Compiled by Anna Sofaer and her Solstice Project team of geographers, astronomers, archaeologists, and Native scholars, the book includes nine compelling and detailed chapters, with photographs, charts, diagrams, appendices.

Prehistoric Suns
Prehistoric Suns

Author: Steve Mulligan

Publisher: SF Design, LLC / Frescobooks

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781934491669

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Steve Mulligan has applied his large-format camera skills to his most recent fifteen-year-long project in locating and photographing these prehistoric observatories in the American Southwest.

Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest
Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest

Author: Arthur H. Rohn

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780826339706

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Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest offers a complete picture of Puebloan culture from its prehistoric beginnings through twenty-five hundred years of growth and change, ending with the modern-day Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona. Aerial and ground photographs, over 325 in color, and sixty settlement plans provide an armchair trip to ruins that are open to the public and that may be visited or viewed from nearby. Included, too, are the living pueblos from Taos in north central New Mexico along the Rio Grande Valley to Isleta, and westward through Acoma and Zuni to the Hopi pueblos in Arizona. In addition to the architecture of the ruins, Puebloan Ruins of the Southwest gives a detailed overview of the Pueblo Indians' lifestyles including their spiritual practices, food, clothing, shelter, physical appearance, tools, government, water management, trade, ceramics, and migrations.

Early Man and the Cosmos
Early Man and the Cosmos

Author: Evan Hadingham

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780806119199

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An examination of ancient astronomy looks at the myths and beliefs about the heavens that influenced everyday life in these primitive cultures

Ancient Puebloan Southwest
Ancient Puebloan Southwest

Author: John Kantner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-11-11

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521788809

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An introduction to the history of the Puebloan Southwest from the AD 1000s to the sixteenth century, first published in 2004.

A Guide to Prehistoric Astronomy in the Southwest
A Guide to Prehistoric Astronomy in the Southwest

Author: J. McKim Malville

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781555664145

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Drawing on the archaeological evidence, ethnographical parallels with historic pueblo peoples, and mythology from other cultures around the world, this book presents theories about the meaning and function of the mysterious stone alignments and architectural orientations of the prehistoric Southwest.