FOREWORD

THE CREDIBILITY OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: A SUGGESTION FROM PHARMACOLOGY?

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LOOKING THROUGH A TELESCOPE WITH AN OBSIDIAN MIRROR. COULD SPECIALISTS OF ANCIENT CULTURES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VIEW THE NIGHT SKY USING SUCH AN INSTRUMENT?

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OPEN-SOURCE VIRTUAL ARCHAEOASTRONOMY

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PHENOMENOLOGY OF SHADOW

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SKYSCAPES OF CLIFTON

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ANOTHER LOOK AT THE LUNAR SERIES AT DOS PILAS, GUATEMALA 1

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ANIMISM, RECIPROCITY AND ENTANGLEMENT

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THE CROSSOVER AMONG THE INCAS IN THE COLLASUYU

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DISARTICULATED DUAL SEASONS AND MAYA COSMOLOGY IN HIGHLAND MAYA COMMUNITIES

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BASIS OF A GNOMONIC PARADIGM IN MESOAMERICA: THE CASE OF MAYAPAN

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|XAM SKYLORE OF THE KAROO DESERT, SOUTH AFRICA

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ASTRAL SCIENCE OF THE EAST SYRIAC CHRISTIANS IN CHINA DURING THE LATE FIRST MILLENNIUM AD

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ORIENTATIO AD SIDERA (OAS): HIGHLIGHTS OF A DECADE OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION AND BEYOND

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THE SKY FROM THE HIGH TERRACE: STUDY ON THE ORIENTATION OF THE ZIQQURAT IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

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PLEIADES IN ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

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THE URBAN SET OF THE PANTHEON AND THE MAUSOLEUM OF AUGUSTUS IN ROME, BETWEEN ARCHITECTURAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SYMBOLISM

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SHRINES OF RAM-HEADED DIVINITIES AND CANOPUS: SKYSCAPING AT HERAKLEOPOLIS MAGNA

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A DIACHRONIC ANALYSIS OF ORIENTATION OF SACRED PRECINCTS ACROSS JORDAN

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EARLY MESOPOTAMIAN INTERCALATION SCHEMES AND THE SIDEREAL MONTH

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ROMANS IN THE NEAR EAST: THE ORIENTATION OF ROMAN SETTLEMENTS IN PRESENT-DAY JORDAN

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TEMPLES OF ASTARTE ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN

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THE ORIENTATION OF THE MITHRAEA IN OSTIA ANTICA

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THE BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMICAL DIARIES: A GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THEIR IMPLIED REFERENCE SYSTEM

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REDISCOVERING THE MALTESE TEMPLE OF BORĠ IN-NADUR: AN ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL PERSPECTIVE

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ARA· PACIS· AVGVSTAE: AN ASTRO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

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THE SUN OF HOMER

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PRAILEAITZ I: A MAGDALENIAN LUNAR-SOLAR CAVE AT 15,500 BP IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY

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THE MYTH OF IXION: AN ASTRONOMICAL INTERPRETATION

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ON THE VALUE AND MEANING OF PROCLUS’ PERFECT YEAR

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ARCHAEOASTRONOMY IN BRONZE AGE SITES OF LA MANCHA (SPAIN)

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ORIENTATION OF THE SARDINIAN NURAGIC "MEETINGS HUTS"

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THE ORIENTED ALTARS OF ROCCA PIZZICATA AND THE ROCKY SITES OF ALCANTARA VALLEY

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THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLE OF DIANA ON THE CEFALÙ ROCK (SICILY)

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THE ROLE OF URBAN TOPOGRAPHY IN THE ORIENTATION OF GREEK TEMPLES: THE CASES OF AKRAGAS AND SELINUNTE

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LUNISTICES AT SESTO FIORENTINO: AN INVESTIGATION ON GEOMETRY AND ALIGNMENTS OF THE THOLOS TOMBS OF THE ETRUSCAN PRINCES

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LA GESSERA: AN IBERIAN BUILDING FOR WORSHIP? (TARRAGONA, SPAIN)

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A “PHOENICIAN LIGHTHOUSE” AT CAPO GALLO (PALERMO)?

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EQUINOCTIAL MARKERS IN PROTOHISTORIC IBERIAN SANCTUARIES

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ON THE ORIENTATION OF TWO ROMAN TOWNS IN THE RHINE AREA

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THE ORIENTATION OF LUGDUNUM CONUENARUM AND THE CELTIC FEASTS MARKING THE START OF THE SEASONS IN ANCIENT GAUL

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INTERVISIBILITY, SIGHTLINES AND ALIGNMENTS

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ARMENIAN ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND ASTRONOMY IN CULTURE

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ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL COSMOLOGY IN ARMENIAN HIGHLAND

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LATE CHALCOLITHIC SOLAR-CHTHONIC ROCK-CUT STRUCTURES FOR TIME MEASURING IN THE EASTERN RHODOPES, BULGARIA

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RESEARCH PROJECT “ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATIONS AND GEOPHYSICAL ANOMALIES OF TRAPEZOIDAL NICHES IN THE EASTERN RHODOPES, BULGARIA“: IN SEARCH OF AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

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PREHISTORIC ROCK SANCTUARY WITH ARCH NEAR THE VILLAGE OF KOVACHEVITSA, BULGARIA: SPATIAL ORIENTATION AND SOLAR PROJECTIONS

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ASTRONOMY IN THE MEDIEVAL LIBER FLORIDUS

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AN HYPOTHESIS OF AN ASTRONOMICAL SYSTEM OF LIGURES APUAN IN GARFAGNANA

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SURVEY, ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND COMMUNICATION: THE MAUSOLEUM OF THEODORIC IN RAVENNA (ITALY)

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FROM HAGIOGRAPHY TO CELTIC COSMOLOGY: ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND CHRISTIAN LANDSCAPE IN OURENSE (NW SPAIN)

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AN ORIENTALIZING RITUAL BUILDING IN ALISEDA (CÁCERES, SPAIN)

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THE ALIGNMENT OF MEDIEVAL CHURCHES IN NORTHERN-CENTRAL ITALY AND IN THE ALPS AND THE PATH OF LIGHT INSIDE THE CHURCH ON THE PATRON SAINT’S DAY

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ILLUMINATION EFFECTS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JAMES (GALICIA): FIRST RESULTS

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THE IBERIAN URBAN SANCTUARY OF PUENTE TABLAS (JAÉN, SPAIN)

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ILLUMINATION EFFECTS AT THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JAMES (GALICIA): FIRST RESULTS

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ASTRONOMY AND SOLAR SYMBOLOGY IN THE BASILICA OF SAN MINIATO AL MONTE AND IN THE BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI IN FLORENCE

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APPLICATION OF CULTURAL ASTRONOMY METHODS TO HIGH SCHOOL BY MEANS OF STUDYING ASTRAL DECORATIONS AND ORIENTATIONS OF GALICIAN HÓRREOS

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LIGHT BEAMS AND ARCHITECTURE MARKED CELESTIAL EVENTS IN COLONIAL CHURCHES AND MISSIONS IN NEW SPAIN AND PERÚ: NEW EVIDENCE FROM MORELIA

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ASTROLOGY, PROPHECY AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN SCIENCE SEEN THROUGH THE LENSES OF RENAISSANCE ART

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ASTRONOMY AND CULTURE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: ISAAC NEWTON’S INFLUENCE ON THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND POLITICS

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THE OLD AND THE NEW ROME: FRANCESCO BIANCHINI’S ASTRONOMICAL EXCHANGES WITH THE COURT OF LISBON

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SKY SIMULATIONS FOR THE PALAEOLITHIC EPOCH

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WHERE TELESCOPES CANNOT (YET) SEE - THE MOON AS SEEN BY SCRIVEN BOLTON, ÉTIENNE TROUVELOT, LUCIEN RUDAUX, CHESLEY BONESTELL

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ANALYSING EDUCATION AS A VARIABLE IN “THE SKY IN OUR LIVES SURVEY”

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ROME IS STAR SHAPED: S.T.A.R. THE FIRST ITALIAN APP FOR THE SPREAD OF CULTURAL ASTRONOMY

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FOREWORD

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THE BEAR AND THE YEAR: ON THE ORIGIN OF THE FINNISH LATE IRON AGE FOLK CALENDAR AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE BEAR CULT

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SKY BEAR RESEARCH: IMPLICATIONS FOR “CULTURAL ASTRONOMY”

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THE GUNDESTRUP CAULDRON: IS THIS THE KEY TO THE ENIGMA?

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THE COMMON ATTRIBUTES BETWEEN THE BALTIC THUNDER GOD PERKŪNAS AND HIS ANTIQUE EQUIVALENTS JUPITER AND ZEUS

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ON THE CONSTELLATION ORIGIN OF THE PLACE NAME HINDELOOPEN

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THE KUDURRUS AND THE SKY. ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE DOG-SCORPION-LAMP ASTRAL PATTERN AS REPRESENTED IN KASSITE KUDURRUS RELIEFS

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