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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Getting to Know the Sky: The Basics | |
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| Astronomical Knowledge as Fundamental | |
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| Astronomical Knowledge as Culturally Integrated | |
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| Rotation, Revolution, and the Relevance of Latitude | |
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| Locating Celestial Objects | |
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| Horizon-based Measurements: Azimuth and Altitude | |
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| The Observation Notebook | |
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| Exercises: The Observation Process | |
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| The Sun | |
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| Daily Motion | |
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| The Solar Year: Solstices, Equinoxes, and the Seasons | |
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| The Tropical Sun: Zenith Passage and Its Complement, the Nadir | |
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| The Midnight Sun and Night at Midday | |
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| Solar Eclipses | |
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| Sociocultural Significance of the Sun | |
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| Exercises: Solar Observations | |
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| The Moon | |
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| Synodical Period | |
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| Sidereal Period | |
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| Calendrical Intermeshing of Moon and Sun: Intercalation | |
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| Lunar Eclipses | |
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| Crosscultural Significance of the Moon | |
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| Exercises: Lunar Observations | |
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| The Stars | |
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| The Celestial Poles, Celestial Equator, and Ecliptic | |
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| Major Stars and Constellations | |
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| Zodiac and Milky Way | |
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| Crosscultural Significance of Stars | |
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| Exercises: Stellar Observations | |
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| The Planets | |
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| The Five Visible "Wanderers" | |
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| Venus and Mercury: Attached to the Sun | |
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| Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn | |
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| Crosscultural Observations of the Planets | |
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| Exercises: Inferior/Inner and Superior/Outer Planet Observations | |
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| Other Celestial Phenomena | |
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| The Visible Sky | |
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| Rainbows | |
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| Solar and Lunar Haloes | |
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| Other Nighttime Celestial Phenomena | |
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| Exercise: Observing Other Celestial Phenomena | |
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| Ethnoastronomical Fieldwork | |
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| What Is Needed | |
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| The Methods of Research | |
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| Recording Your Data | |
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| Receptivity and Controlling Bias | |
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| What Is Taboo | |
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| The Importance of Context | |
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| The Good Informant and Multiple Informants | |
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| Ethnoastronomy Beyond Astronomy: Cultural Integration | |
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| Research Design and Sample Questions | |
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| Ethnoastronomy in the Context of Human Life | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |