A systematics for interpreting past structures with possible cosmic references in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autor: Wade, Richard Peter
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Ethnoastronomy
Tourism
Ancient africa
Technologies and applied sciences
Oral history
Social sciences
History
Gamma-ray astronomy
Computer simulation
Ethno mathematics
Mathematical literacy
Astronomy
Indigenous knowledge systems
Lemba (culture)
Anthropology
Culture and identity
Agriculture
Archaeology
Historical astronomy
Heritage
Archaeoastronomy
Calendars
Cosmology
Spatial geography
Cultural landscapes
Cave art
Machema
Mapungubwe
Stelae
Megaliths
Monoliths
Socialecology
Heritage management
Cultural landscape
Cultural ecology
Heritage conservation
Systematics
Heritage assessment
Entoptic
Cognitive anthropology
Precision agriculture
Indigenous material culture
Venda
Shona
Sustainable agriculture
Meteorology
Cognitive
Architecture
Cosmic reference
Neuropsychological theory
Agricultural sciences
Rainmaking
Oral tradition
UCTD
Druh dokumentu: Dissertation
Popis: This thesis presents a method of identifying astronomical expressionsinherent within the spatial geography, cultural landscapes, and layouts of structures with a view to implementing the systematics in an African context. In determining astronomical codes of the southern African pre - early farmer and metalworking archaeological sites - this review deals with oral tradition, rituals, formative calendars, fertility, meteorites, eclipses, bio-diversity, sustainable agriculture, rainmaking and the general star lore. Conclusions are drawn from the hypothesis that certain structures functioned as astronomical expressions by use of monoliths and other configurations, with specific examples of how these possibilities were drawn from aspects within the Mapungubwe/Zimbabwe Cultural Complex and the preceding riverine cultural formations.
Dissertation (MSc(Applied Science))--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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