Editorial

Authors

  • Fabio Silva Bournemouth University and University of Wales Trinity Saint David
  • Liz Henty University of Wales Trinity Saint David

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https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.38836

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Editorial

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Author Biographies

  • Fabio Silva, Bournemouth University and University of Wales Trinity Saint David

    Fabio Silva is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology at Bournemouth University and a tutor at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, both in the United Kingdom. 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 (co-edited with N Campion, Oxbow Books, 2015) and The Materiality of the Sky (co-edited with K Malville, T Lomsdalen and F Ventura, Sophia Centre Press, 2016). He co-founded and co-edits the Journal of Skyscape Archaeology (Equinox Publishing) and received the Fifth Carlos Jaschek Award from the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC) in 2016.

  • Liz Henty, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

    Liz Henty left her accountancy career to take the Cultural Astronomy and Astrology MA at University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, where she achieved a distinction for her dissertation entitled ‘An Examination of Possible Solar, Lunar and Stellar Alignments at the Recumbent Stone Circles of North-East Scotland’. After taking some short archaeology courses at Aberdeen University, she is now a PhD Student at University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, researching the divide between the disciplines of archaeology and archaeoastronomy. She has presented papers at SEAC and the Theoretical Archaeology Group conferences and is a contributor to the forthcoming volume Skyscapes in Archaeology edited by F Silva and N Campion.

References

Aveni, A., 2000. Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures. London: Tauris Parke.

Fabian, S. M. 1992. Space-Time of the Bororo of Brazil. Gainesville: University Press of Florida.

Holbrook, J., R. Medupe and J. Urama, 2008. African Cultural Astronomy: Current Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy Research in Africa. New York: Springer.

Iwaniszewski, S., 2011. “The Sky as a Social Field”. In “Oxford IX” International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy, edited by C. L. N. Ruggles, 30-37. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

MacDonald, J., 1998. The Arctic Sky: Inuit Astronomy, Star Lore, and Legend. Nunavut: Nunavut Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1175

Malville, J. M., 2015. “Preface: Meaning and Intent in Ancient Skyscapes – An Andean Perspective”. In Skyscapes: The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology, edited by F. Silva and N. Campion, ix–xvi. Oxford: Oxbow Books. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh1dksg.4

Turner, V., 1967. The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

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Published

2019-08-15

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How to Cite

Silva, F., & Henty, L. (2019). Editorial. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 5(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.38836