Archaeoastronomy
Offered By: Polimi OPEN KNOWLEDGE
Course Description
Overview
The science of stars and stones
Syllabus
- Week 0 - Introduction to the course
- Week 1 - Astronomy with the naked eye: how the ancients saw the sky
- Week 2 - Astronomy, power and architecture
- Week 3 - Ancient Egypt
- Week 4 - The Pre-Columbian world
- Week 5 - Archaeoastronomy in Asia
- Week 6 - The Classical world
- Conclusions and perspectives
- Suggested readings
- Additional resources
Taught by
Giulio Magli
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