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archaeastronomy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɑː(ɹ)ki.əsˈtɹɒnəmi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)der. English archae- English astronomy English archaeastronomy From archae- + astronomy.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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:
   • The current fashion is to call the subject archaeoastronomy, as if it were more the business of astronomers or historians of astronomy than of archaeologists. 1989, John Michell, A Little History of Astro-Archaeology, page 6:

Forms

Translations (17)

sh археоастроно̀мија (The archeological study of astronomy) · ca arqueoastronomia (The archeological study of astronomy) · de Archäoastronomie (The archeological study of astronomy) · eu arkeoastronomia (The archeological study of astronomy) · fa باستاناخترشناسی (The archeological study of astronomy) · fi arkeoastronomia (The archeological study of astronomy) · is fornleifastjörnufræði (The archeological study of astronomy) · fr archéoastronomie (The archeological study of astronomy) · no arkeoastronomi (The archeological study of astronomy) · sv arkeoastronomi (The archeological study of astronomy) · it archeoastronomia (The archeological study of astronomy) · sh arheoastronòmija (The archeological study of astronomy) · es arqueoastronomía (The archeological study of astronomy) · pt arqueoastronomia (The archeological study of astronomy) · ro arheoastronomie (The archeological study of astronomy) · ga aircéiréalteolaíocht (The archeological study of astronomy) · is forsögustjörnufræði (The archeological study of astronomy)