The astronomy of Andean myth : the history of a cosmology

The paper aims to show that Andean myth, on one level, represents a technical language recording astronomical observations of precession and, at the same time, an historical record of simultaneous social and celestial transformations. Topographic and architectural terms of Andean myth are interprete...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sullivan, William F.
Other Authors: Gifford, Douglas
Published: University of St Andrews 1986
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384619