Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and tables ix
4. Preface xv
5. 1 City nights 3
6. 2 Looking for light in ancient egyptian urban rituals 33
7. 3 Danger in the mesopotamian night 50
8. 4 Illuminating the mysteries of the great gods at samothrace, greece 71
9. 5 Living landscapes of night in tiwanaku, bolivia 97
10. 6 Lunar power in ancient maya cities 125
11. 7 Every day hath a night 153
12. 8 Cahokia after dark 181
13. 9 Notes on the chacoan nightscape 208
14. 10 The aztec new fire ceremony and the illumination of the night 238
15. 11 Nocturnal urban landscapes 259
16. Index 277
17. Contributors 293