AST 1140 - Astronomy of Ancient Cultures SC2 3 Credit Hour(s) • 45 Contact Hours (Lecture) Prerequisite: College Quantitative Literacy Note: Previously AST 155 Astronomy of Ancient Cultures: SC2
Introduces the study of archeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy. The principles of unaided eye observational astronomy, timekeeping, navigation, religion and ritual, political power, cosmology, and worldview are covered. Methods of the ethnoastronomer, including measurement of architectural alignments, analysis of written records, examination of art, and general knowledge about a culture, will be discussed.
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