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Cultural Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy: an Italian Experience
E. Antonello
A brief review is given of some recent positive developments regarding the reception of archaeoastronomy by the archaeological institutions in Italy. Discussions and problems that…
On the Possibility of an Astronomical Perspective in the Study of Human Evolution
E. Antonello
The Sapient Paradox is the apparently unexplainable time delay of several ten thousand years following the arrival of Homo sapiens in Asia and Europe and before the introduction of…
Astronomical orientations in sanctuaries of Daunia
E. Antonello, V. F. Polcaro, A. M Tunzi Sisto +1
Prehistoric sanctuaries of Daunia date back several thousand years. During the Neolithic and Bronze Age the farmers in that region dug hypogea and holes whose characteristics sugge…
Prehistoric sanctuaries in Daunia
E. Antonello, V. F. Polcaro, A. M. Tunzi +1
Daunia is a region in northern Apulia with many interesting archaeological sites, particularly of the Neolithic and Bronze Age. Beginning from the fifth millennium BC, the farmers…
Boscovich and the Brera Observatory
E. Antonello
In the mid 18th century both theoretical and practical astronomy were cultivated in Milan by Barnabites and Jesuits. In 1763 R.G. Boscovich was appointed to the chair of mathematic…
Hesiod's calendar and the star Spica
Elio Antonello
In Hesiod's calendar, circa 8th century BCE, the harvest times of cereals were indicated by the heliacal rising of Pleiades (harvest) and by that of Orion (thresh). We tried to ver…