LibGuides: Archeoastronomy: Print Book Sources

Books available on library shelves

Use the library's catalog 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: BLUFFTON BOOK 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: BLUFFTON BOOK 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: BLUFFTON BOOK 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: BLUFFTON BOOK 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: BLUFFTON BOOK Q124.95 .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: BLUFFTON BOOK QB 16 .C78 2006
ISBN: 0976763117
Publication Date: 2005-09-22
Mysteries of the Hopewell by William F. Romain
Call Number: BLUFFTON BOOK E 99 .H69 R65 2000
ISBN: 1884836615
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
The Norton History 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: BLUFFTON BOOK 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: BLUFFTON BOOK QB 15 .M67 1995
ISBN: 0306450909
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Sun, Moon, and Standing Stones by John E. Wood
Call Number: BLUFFTON BOOK GN 803 .W66
ISBN: 0192114433
Publication Date: 1978-07-06
To Explain the World: the Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg
Call Number: BLUFFTON BOOK Q124.95 .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: BLUFFTON BOOK 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.