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archaeoastronomy

archaeoastronomy is the alternative spelling of archaeastronomy.

Meaning of archaeastronomy

Noun

archaeastronomy (uncountable)

  1. The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
    • Archaeoastronomy is an endeavor to find out something about ancient astronomy and related matters through the use of archeological data and the study of ancient texts.1979, John Howland Rowe, “Review: Archaeoastronomy in Meso America and Peru”, in Latin American Research Review, volume 14, number 2, page 227

Questions about archaeoastronomy

What is archaeoastronomy the alternative spelling of?
Archaeoastronomy is the alternative spelling of archaeastronomy.

Words near archaeoastronomy in the dictionary

  1. archaeoacoustic
  2. archaeoacoustics
  3. archaeoastronomer
  4. archaeoastronomers
  5. archaeoastronomical
  6. archaeoastronomy
  7. archaeobalanid
  8. archaeobalanids
  9. archaeobatrachian
  10. archaeobatrachians
  11. archaeobiological

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