Archaeoastronomy and Calendar Cities

Modern Archaeoastronomy: From Material Culture to Cosmology

Campion, Nicholas^1

Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, University of Wales, Lampeter, Ceredigion

SA48 7ED, United Kingdom^1

关键词: Archaeoastronomy;    Baghdad;    Town planning;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/685/1/012005/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/685/1/012005

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The use of astronomy for collective purposes, both religious and political, is apparent in the earliest astronomical records, from the evidence for Palaeolithic lunar calendars to megalithic monuments and Mesopotamian celestial-omen reports. This paper will consider the application of the heavens to the organisation of the 'Cosmic State', the human polity modelled on the assumption of a close relationship between society on the one hand and planetary and stellar patterns on the other. I will also examine the foundation of Baghdad within the tradition of celestial town planning and argue that the city may be seen as a 'talisman', designed to connect heaven to Earth and ensure peace, stability and political success by harmonising time and space.