Living the Sky describes 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 sun priest on the winter solstice, join explorers at the rites of the Hopis and the Navajos, and trek to Chaco Canyon to make direct on-site observations of celestial events.
Living the Sky describes 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 sun priest on the winter solstice, join explorers at the rites of the Hopis and the Navajos, and trek to Chaco Canyon to make direct on-site observations of celestial events.
Living the Sky: The Cosmos of the American Indian
400Living the Sky: The Cosmos of the American Indian
400Paperback(Revised ed.)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780806120348 |
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Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press |
Publication date: | 05/15/1987 |
Edition description: | Revised ed. |
Pages: | 400 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.93(d) |