Editorial—Culture and Cosmos : The Marriage of Astronomy and Culture, Volume 21

Frank Prendergast

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Abstract

This volume of Culture and Cosmos draws together a selection of papers delivered at the 24th annual conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC). The conference, titled 'The Marriage of Astronomy and Culture: Theory and Method in the Study of Cultural Astronomy', occurred between the 12th and the 16th September 2016 and was held at The Bath Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI), which has been hosting research endeavours since it foundation in 1824. SEAC 2016 combined history with the latest in twenty-first century developments and, for the very first time, was webcast to SEAC members who could not attend, in addition to students of the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology at the Sophia Centre University of Wales Trinity Saint David. The papers in this volume are organized around archaeology, ethnography, and images. These are available to download at http://www.cultureandcosmos.org/issues/vol21.php. Other papers from this conference appear in issue 3.2 (2017) of the Journal of Skyscape Archaeology.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Marriage of Astronomy and Culture: Theory and Method in the Study of Cultural Astronomy - Papers from the 2016 SEAC Conference
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Publication statusPublished - 2017

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