Ethnographic and literary reflections on ancient Georgian astronomical heritage

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Nov 2008

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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 213 - 218 (2008).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Georgian Astronomy, Ethnoastronomy, Georgian Literature

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Ethnographic records and Georgian literature contain useful information about ancient Georgian astronomical knowledge systems and beliefs, with specific reference to time-keeping, the months of the year, the planets, individual stars and specific asterisms, star clusters, the Milky Way, and various kinds of ancient astronomical instruments. In this paper we examine a selection of such material.

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