Italian Archaeoastronomy

By maintaining this page we would like to contribute to the vast field of archaeoastronomy, by reporting news of studies performed in Italy at Universities or Archaeological Research Institutes. The aim is to spread the findings of the studies and to raise more interest on the topics of archaeoastronomy tackled by cooperating scholars of many disciplines.

News

A new book by G.Romano on North-American Archaeoastronomy has just been printed: "Mio padre è il Cielo - Segni dell'antica astronomia nord-americana", Ed. CLEUP - Padova, 1998.

"Archaeoastronomy: religion and ancient beliefs"
Topics presented at the International Conference in Rome

Conference on History of Astronomy - Naples 26-27, September
Presentations schedule

Papers

Anasazi Indians Villages

Measurements of orientations in the monuments of San Agustin

Samaipata - Pilcokayna - Acclahuasi

Links

What is archaeoastronomy

The object

Measurement of time

Archaeoastronomical sites

Bibliography

Italian Publications on archaeoastronomy

Books on archaeoastronomy

If you want to broaden up the archaeoastronomical horizon here is a list of superlinks: amaze yourselves, we suggest a link... a day.

	Stonehenge. Detailed descriptions of Stonehenge, about megalithic monuments and archaeoastronomy.		Petroglyphs and Rock Art Net. Hundreds of links to sites about petroglyphs anhd rock art of all the world maintained by IFRAO - Valcamonica(BG).
	UNSW - Intijalsu. A group of Chilean amateurs devoted to archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy. A rich and well made site.		Tennessee Skies. News about an interesting archaeoastronomical discovery in the Chaco Canyon.
	Native American History Resources on the Internet. Several other links to sites of ancient cultures of North America.		Stone Pages.Glossary of archaeoastronomy and several pages about megalithic and archaeoastronomical sites of England, Scotland and Ireland.
	Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari. Archaeoastronomical laboratory under construction		ARSAV Aosta Valley Archaeoastronomy Association. Research site with well selected links
	Aboriginal star knowledge - Native American Astronomy.About astronomical notions of North American ancient populations.		*SIS Resource Page - Modern Catastrophism Velikovsky * Revised Chronology.** Several topics about catastrophic historical events and their possible explanation. Links to other related sites. At your own risk.
	Calendar Land. Vast documentation on both ancient and modern calendars from all over the world. Calendar software to download.		Books on Archaeoastronomy. Bibliography of archaeoastronomy.
	Archaeoastronomy. Archaeoastronomical site of Cloudbait Peak observatory in Colorado.		History of Astronomy. Archaeoastronomy, ancient astronomy and ethnoastronomy.
	Center for astrophysics and space sciences, University of California San Diego Interesting bibliography on the connections between astronomy and culture.		Calendars and Archaeoastronomy. A site about calendars and archaeoastronomy. Many important links to other sites on ancient cultures of all the world.
	Center for Archaeoastronomy. A centre of the University of Maryland, started back on 1977, publisher of the archaeoastronomy magazine and the quarterly Newsletter, entirely dedicated to archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy where you can also find a short introduction to archaeoastronomy.		Shayne's Bookmarks Collection of links on prehistorical astronomy and on ancient American cultures inviting to deeper studies.
	Books on archaeoastronomy. Other books on archaeoastronomy.		The STILE project. A project of the TLT (Teaching and Learning Technology) centre of the Leicester University dealing also of archaeoastronomy.