Archaeoastronomy in the Roman world. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors: Giulio Magli, Antonio César González-García, Juan Belmonte Aviles and Elio Antonello.
• Editors: Magli, Giulio, 1964-; Aviles, Juan Belmonte; Antonello, E (Elio)
• Contents: Pernigotti: Contribution to the study of the orientation of Etruscan temples.- Bagnasco, Pernigotti: Materials for the study of an Etruscan cosmology: the case of the Tumulus of the Broomsat Cerveteri.- DeSantis: Orientation and planning of Roman Albingaunum (Albenga).- Hatz: How Roman is the layout of the colonial town of Augusta Raurica?.- Gonzalez-Garcia, Rodriguez-Anton, Espinosa, Quintela, Belmonte: Establishing a New Order: Current Status on the Orientation of the Roman Towns Founded under Augustus.- Rodriguez-Anton, Gonzalez-Garcia, Belmonte: The varatio and its possible use in the Roman urban planning to obtain astronomical orientations.- Rosada: Ut ad orientem spectet.- Polcaro, Scuderi, Burgio: The socalled Neo-Pythagorean Basilica of Porta Maggiore in Rome: the most mysterious Roman monument.- Magli: The temple of Jupiter at Baalbek: astronomical and architectural analysis.- Belmonte, Gonzalez-Garcia, Rodriguez-Anton: Arabia Adquisita: the Romanization of the Nabataean cultic calendar and the Tannur "Zodiac" paradigm.- DeFranceschini, Veneziano: The symbolic use of light in hadrianic architecture and the "kiss of the sun".- Rossi, Magli: Wind, Sand and Water: the Orientation of the Late Roman Forts in the Kharga Oasis (Egyptian Western Desert).- Carnevale, Monaco: The Mausoleum of Santa Costanza in Rome: a survey of the light phenomenathrough the centuries.- Incerti, Lavorati, Iurilli: relief, geometry, archaeoastronomy of the "Mausoleo di Teodorico" (Ravenna).- Spinazzé: Baptistery and font: an interpretation of the medieval baptistery's orientation in Friuli (Northeast Italy).- Frischer: Simpiricism comes to archaeoastronomy. The use of interactive 3d interfaces for exploratory research of astronomical of ancient Roman buildings.- Hannah: The choreography of time in ancient and medieval buildings.- Papamarinopoulos, Preka-Papadema, Gazeas, Nastos, Kiriakopoulos: Red droplets and Red clouds described in Iliad.- Zotti, Schaukowitsch, Wimmer: Virtual Archaeoastronomy: The State of Stellarium for Research and Outreach.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 520.9; Archaeoastronomy -- Rome; Astronomy, Roman; Astronomy, Ancient; SCIENCE / Astronomy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319970073; 3319970070
• Related ISBNs: 9783319970066
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 1, 2019).
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