{"title":"Keith Ray and Julian Thomas, Neolithic Britain: The Transformation of Social Worlds","authors":"I. O’Donnell","doi":"10.1558/jsa.40029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.40029","url":null,"abstract":"Keith Ray and Julian Thomas, Neolithic Britain: The Transformation of Social Worlds , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Hardback, 416 pages. ISBN: 978-0-19-882389-6. £30.","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48784930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lunar alignments at Ur: Entanglements with the Moon God Nanna","authors":"William F. Romain","doi":"10.1558/jsa.39074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.39074","url":null,"abstract":"In ancient Sumer the Moon god, Nanna, was the patron deity for the city of Ur. In this article data are presented showing how the city of Ur was astronomically aligned to the Moon. Assessments are made using satellite imagery in combination with early maps and aerial photographs. Also shown is how the geographic location of Ur relative to Nippur may be related to the Moon’s 18.6-year nodal cycle. It is also shown how lunar calendric data are likely embedded in an ancient legend that tells of the Moon god’s journey from Ur to Nippur. Together these and other lines of evidence demonstrate how one of the world’s oldest cities was shaped through its entanglement with the gods – and in particular, the Moon god Nanna. \u0000 \u0000Open Access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives: CC BY-NC-ND","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1558/jsa.39074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44688038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Counting Demons and Devas: Addendum to “Solstice Alignments at Angkor Wat: Connecting to the Cycles of Time”","authors":"William F. Romain","doi":"10.1558/jsa.39333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.39333","url":null,"abstract":"In the article referenced below and published earlier in Journal of Skyscape Archaeology 4(2), discussion was presented concerning the bas-relief at Angkor Wat known as the \"Churning of the Ocean of Milk\". The present paper clarifies certain points in the original discussion and provides additional details concerning the posited day-count between equinox and solstices as represented in the relief.","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44771701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celestial Aspects of Hittite Religion: An Investigation of the Rock Sanctuary Yazılıkaya","authors":"E. Zangger, R. Gautschy","doi":"10.1558/JSA.37641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JSA.37641","url":null,"abstract":"Regular celestial events assumed remarkable significance for the cultic rituals of the Hittite civilisation (c. 1600-1180 BC) in central Asia Minor. Numerous texts found at the capital Ḫattusa relate to solar deities and celestial divination reminiscent of Old Babylonian astronomical and astrological practices. Here we suggest that the rock sanctuary of Yazilikaya, which was considered one of the holiest places in the Hittite kingdom, had a calendrical function. It contains more than 90 rock-cut reliefs, dating to the second half of the thirteenth century BC, of deities, humans, animals and mythical figures. The reliefs in Chamber A are arranged in groups to mark the days, synodic months and solar years. Using this system, the Hittite priests were able to determine when additional months were required to keep lunar and solar years aligned. The astronomical and astrological interpretation of Yazilikaya serves as a point of departure for a brief re-examination of celestial aspects in Hittite religion. Open Access: CC BY","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1558/JSA.37641","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42978432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Martin Holbraad and Morten Axel Pedersen, The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition","authors":"Alejandro M. López","doi":"10.1558/JSA.38835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JSA.38835","url":null,"abstract":"Martin Holbraad and Morten Axel Pedersen, The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Paperback, 352 pp. ISBN: 9781107503946. £22.99. Hardback: ISBN: 9781107103887. £54.99. eBook ISBN: 9781316218907. US$ 28.00.","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1558/JSA.38835","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47509952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Commentary on L. V. Morrison, “On the Analysis of Megalithic Lunar Sightlines in Scotland”, Archaeoastronomy, Supplement of the Journal for the History of Astronomy, 1980, 2: 65–77","authors":"L. Sims","doi":"10.1558/JSA.38837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JSA.38837","url":null,"abstract":"A Commentary on L. V. Morrison, \"On the Analysis of Megalithic Lunar Sightlines in Scotland\", Archaeoastronomy, Supplement of the Journal for the History of Astronomy, 1980, 2: 65-77","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1558/JSA.38837","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44296708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nicholas Campion and Chris Impey, editors, Imagining Other Worlds: Explorations in Astronomy and Culture. Studies in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology 9. With a foreword by Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow, Astronomer Royal.","authors":"M. Rappenglück","doi":"10.1558/JSA.38832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JSA.38832","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1558/JSA.38832","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44335488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notices of Recently Published Books","authors":"Liz Henty","doi":"10.1558/JSA.38834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JSA.38834","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1558/JSA.38834","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49394504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Brad H. Koldehoff and Timothy R. Pauketat, editors, Archaeology and Ancient Religion in the American Midcontinent Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2018.","authors":"S. Gullberg","doi":"10.1558/JSA.38831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/JSA.38831","url":null,"abstract":"Brad H. Koldehoff and Timothy R. Pauketat, editors, Archaeology and Ancient Religion in the American Midcontinent Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2018. Hardcover, 368 pages, 53 b/w figures and 9 tables. ISBN: 9780817319960. US$64.95. E-Book. ISBN: 9780817392000. US$64.95.","PeriodicalId":36192,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Skyscape Archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1558/JSA.38831","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43201275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}