1) Archeoastronomy 2) Astroarchaeology
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Archaeoastronomy (also spelled archeoastronomy) is the study of how people in the past `have understood the phenomena in the sky, how they used these phenomena and what role the sky played in their cultures.` Clive Ruggles argues it is misleading to consider archaeoastronomy to be the study of ancient astronomy, as modern astronomy is a scientif.....
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the anthropology of astronomy; the reconstruction of past astronomical practices, celestial lore, mythologies, religions and world-views of ancient cultures related to the sky
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archaeoastronomy 1. The study of the knowledge, interpretations, and practices of ancient cultures regarding celestial objects or phenomena. 2. The study of ancient or traditional astronomies in their cultural context, utilising archaeological and anthropological evidence.
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the branch of archaeology that deals with the apparent use by prehistoric civilizations of astronomical techniques to establish the seasons or the cycle of the year, esp. as evidenced in the construction of megaliths and other ritual structures.
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