Exploring Archaeoastronomy: A History of Its Relationship with Archaeology and Esotericism
Exploring Archaeoastronomy: A History of Its Relationship with Archaeology and Esotericism Archaeoastronomy and archaeology are two distinct fields of study which examine the cultural aspect of…
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Exploring Archaeoastronomy: A History of Its Relationship with Archaeology and Esotericism
Archaeoastronomy and archaeology are two distinct fields of study which examine the cultural aspect of societies, but from different perspectives. Despite this omission, archaeology is the dominant discipline while archaeoastronomy is relegated to the sidelines. Archaeoastronomy seeks to discover how the impact of the skyscape is materialized in culture, by alignments to celestial events or sky-based symbolism; yet by contrast, archaeology's approach examines all aspects of culture, but rarely considers the sky.
For such an exploration to be useful, archaeoastronomy cannot just be investigated in a vacuum but must be contextualized by exploring other contemporaneous developments, particularly in archaeology. The reasons for archaeoastronomy's marginalized status may be found by assessing its history. On the periphery of both, there are various strands of esoteric thought and
Archaeology and its Discontents