LibGuides: Archeoastronomy: Print Book Sources

Books available on library shelves

Use WINDOW in Bluffton Library Catalog or OhioLINK Search modes to search for books and book-length resources relevant to your topic. Here are some examples:

1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies
Call Number: G 322 .M46 2008

ISBN: 9780061492174

Publication Date: 2008-06-03

See chapters 12 and 13 regarding astronomy
Calendrical Calculations by Nachum Dershowitz; Edward M. Reingold
Call Number: CE 12 .R45 2001

ISBN: 0521777526

Publication Date: 2001-08-06
The Great Copernicus Chase and Other Adventures in Astronomical History by Owen Gingerich
Call Number: QB 15 .G56 1992

ISBN: 0521326885

Publication Date: 1992-09-25
Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World by Lynn V. Foster; Peter Mathews (Foreword by)
Call Number: F 1435 .F676 2005

ISBN: 0195183630

Publication Date: 2005-07-07

See entry for Astronomy on page 260.
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand by Richard F. Townsend (Editor)
Call Number: BLUFFTON BOOK E 78 .M67 H47 2004

ISBN: 0300106017

Publication Date: 2004-10-11

See archaoastronomy essay on page 77.
Lost discoveries : the ancient roots of modern science-- from the Babylonians to the Maya by Dick Teresi
Call Number: Q 124.95 .T47 2002

ISBN: 0684837188

Publication Date: 2002-10-22

See extensive index entries for "astronomy."
Lost Star of Myth and Time by Walter Cruttenden
Call Number: QB 16 .C78 2006

ISBN: 0976763117

Publication Date: 2005-09-22
Mysteries of the Hopewell by William F. Romain
Call Number: E 99 .H69 R65 2000

ISBN: 1884836615

Publication Date: 2000-10-01

Also available online as an eBook
The Norton History of Astronomy and Cosmology by John North
Call Number: BLUFFTON BOOK QB 15 .N67 1995

ISBN: 0393036561

Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Science: A Four Thousand Year History by Patricia Fara
Call Number: Q 125 .F27 2010

ISBN: 9780199226894

Publication Date: 2009-04-15

See extensive index entries for "astronomy."
The Story of Astronomy by Lloyd Motz; Jefferson Hane Weaver
Call Number: QB 15 .M67 1995

ISBN: 0306450909

Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Sun, Moon, and Standing Stones by John E. Wood
Call Number: GN 803 .W66

ISBN: 0192114433

Publication Date: 1978-07-06
To Explain the World: the Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg
Call Number: Q 124.95 .W45 2015

ISBN: 9780062346650

Publication Date: 2015-02-17
Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World by Phaidon Editors; David Malin (Contribution by); Paul Murdin (Contribution by)
Call Number: QB 43.3 .U566 2017

ISBN: 9780714874616

Publication Date: 2017-10-09

See essay, "A History of Viewing the Universe" on page 326. Useful examples of archeoastronomical artifacts throughout.