Marion Dowd and Robert Hensey, editors, The Archaeology of Darkness Oxford: Oxbow Books (2016). Paperback, English, 144pp. ISBN: 9781785701917. £32.00.

Authors

  • Fabio Silva University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UK) and Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES, Spain).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.31360

Keywords:

Darkness, Archaeology, Review

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Author Biography

  • Fabio Silva, University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UK) and Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES, Spain).

    Fabio Silva is currently a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Instititut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES) in Spain and a tutor in the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK), where he is responsible for a postgraduate taught module titled 'Skyscapes, Cosmology and Archaeology'. His current research interests focus on how humans perceive their environment (skyscape and landscape) and use that knowledge to time and adjust their social and productive behaviours. His archaeoastronomical research has mostly focused on Neolithic Portugal, though he has also done fieldwork in the United Kingdom and Malta. His books include "Skyscapes: The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology" (edited with Nick Campion, Oxbow Books, 2015). He has a PhD in Astrophysics (2010) and an MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology (2012).

References

Armstrong, P., 2015. “Skyscapes of the Mesolithic/Neolithic Transition in Western England”. Culture and Cosmos 17(2): 25-58.

Campion, N., 2012. Astrology and Cosmology in the World’s Religions. New York and London: New York University Press.

Harding, J., B. Johnston and G. Goodrick, 2006. “Neolithic Cosmology and the Monument Complex of Thorn- borough, North Yorkshire”. Archaeoastronomy 20: 28–51.

Hayden, B. and S. Villeneuve, 2011. “Astronomy in the Upper Palaeolithic?”. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 21(3): 331-355.

Henty, L., 2014. “The Archaeoastronomy of Tomnaverie Recumbent Stone Circle: A Comparison of Methodologies”. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 24: Art. 15 (online edition). Doi: 10.5334/pia.464

Levi-Strauss, C., 1963. Structural Anthropology. New York: Basic Books.

Nielsen, T. (1988). “Ancient methods of dream incubation: Bodily methods of inducing spiritual presence”. Bulletin of the Montreal Center for the Study of Dreams 3(3- 4):6-10

Parker Pearson, M., 2003. The Archaeology of Death and Burial. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Limited.

Roberts, C. and K. Manchester, 2010. The Archaeology of Disease 3rd edition. Stroud: The History Press.

Silva, F., 2014. “A Tomb with a View: New Methods for Bridging Land and Sky in Megalithic Archaeology”. Advances in Archaeological Practice 2(1): 24-37. Doi: 10.7183/2326-3768.2.1.24.

Silva, F., 2015. “The View from Within: A ‘Time–Space–Action’ Approach to Megalithism in Central Portugal”. In Skyscapes: The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology, edited by F. Silva and N. Campion, 120-39. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Silva, F., forthcoming. Towards Skyscape Archaeology. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Skeates, R., 2010. An Archaeology of the Senses: Prehistoric Malta. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Van Gennep, A., 1960. The Rites of Passage. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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Published

2017-02-10

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Book Reviews

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How to Cite

Silva, F. (2017). Marion Dowd and Robert Hensey, editors, The Archaeology of Darkness Oxford: Oxbow Books (2016). Paperback, English, 144pp. ISBN: 9781785701917. £32.00. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 2(2), 277-283. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.31360