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Star Stories
Constellations and People
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Anthony Aveni
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English
Published/Copyright:
2019
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Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures
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Aveni Anthony :
Anthony Aveni is Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies Emeritus at Colgate University. He helped to develop the fields of archaeoastronomy and cultural astronomy.
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Contents
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Preface
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Introduction. Patterns
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ONE. Orion’s Many Faces
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TWO. One Pleiades Fits All
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THREE. Zodiacs Around the World
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FOUR. Milky Way Sagas
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FIVE. Dark Cloud Constellations of the Milky Way
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SIX. Polar Constellations
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SEVEN. Star Patterns in the Tropics
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EIGHT. Empire in the Sky
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NINE. Star Ceilings and Mega-Constellations
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TEN. Gendering the Sky
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Epilogue
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Bibliographic Essay
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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October 22, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9780300249095
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224
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34 b-w illus.
