Liz Henty and Daniel Brown (eds), Visualising Skyscapes: Material Forms of Cultural Engagement with the Heavens

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  • Susan Greaney Cardiff University

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Liz Henty and Daniel Brown (eds), Visualising Skyscapes: Material Forms of Cultural Engagement with the Heavens

London and New York: Routledge, 2020. Hardback, 253 pp., 69 colour and 15 b/w illus. ISBN: 9781138303614. £120. eBbook ISBN: 9780203730935. £40.49.

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2020-09-29

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Greaney, S. (2020). Liz Henty and Daniel Brown (eds), Visualising Skyscapes: Material Forms of Cultural Engagement with the Heavens. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 6(1), 138–143. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.40712