Duane Hamacher, with Elders and Knowledge Holders, 'The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders Read the Stars'

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  • Alejandro M. López Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET

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https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.28178

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book review, The First Astronomers, Duane Hamacher, Elders and Knowledge Holders

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Duane Hamacher, with Elders and Knowledge Holders, The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders Read the Stars
Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin 2022, Paperback, 304pp. ISBN: 9781760877200. £18.99.

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Giménez Benítez, S., A. M. López and A.Granada, 2004. “Suerte, riqueza y poder. Fragmentos meteóricos y la presencia de lo celeste entre los mocovíes del Chaco”. In Etno y Arqueo-Astronomía en las Américas. Memorias del Simposio ARQ-13: Etno y Arqueoastronomía en las Américas, 51º Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, edited by M. Boccas, J. Broda and G. Pereira, 315–327. Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile.

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López, A. M., 2009. “La Vírgen, el Árbol y la Serpiente. Cielos e Identidades en comunidades mocovíes del Chaco”. Phd diss., Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ong, W. J., 1982. Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word. London: Methuen. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203328064

Orlove, B., J. Chiang and Mark Cane, 2000. “Forecasting Andean Rainfall and Crop Yield from the Influence of El Nino on Pleiades Visibility”. Nature 403: 68–71. https://doi.org/10.1038/47456

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2024-02-05

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López, A. M. (2024). Duane Hamacher, with Elders and Knowledge Holders, ’The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders Read the Stars’. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 9(2), 263-270. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.28178