Living the Sky The Cosmos of the American Indian

Name: Living the Sky The Cosmos of the American Indian
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ISBN: 9780806120348

ISBN-10: 0806120347

ISBN-13: 9780806120348

Edition: 1987

Authors: Ray A. Williamson, Snowden Hodges

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Imagine the North American Indians as astronomers carefully watching the heavens, charting the sun through the seasons, or counting the sunrises between successive lumar phases. Then imagine them establishing observational sites and codified systems to pass their knowledge down through the centuries and continually refine it. A few years ago such images would have been abruptly dismissed. Today we are wiser. Living the Skydescribes the exciting archaeoastronomical discoveries in the United States in recent decades. Using history, science, and direct observation, Ray A. Williamson transports the reader into the sky world of the Indians. We visit the Bighorn Medicine Wheel, sit with a Zuni…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 5/15/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Ray A. Williamson is a scientist and writer who is the author of many articles on Native American skylore and astronomy.