[PDF] Sustainable Facilities: Green Design; Construction; and Operations by Keith Moskow in Arts-Photography

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This book provides the first complete; easy to read; up-to-date account of the fascinating discipline of archaeoastronomy; in which the relationship between ancient constructions and the sky is studied in order to gain a better understanding of the ideas of the architects of the past and of their religious and symbolic worlds. The book is divided into three sections; the first of which explores the past relations between astronomy and people; power; the afterworld; architecture; and landscape. The fundamentals of archaeoastronomy are then addressed in detail; with coverage of the celestial coordinates; the apparent motion of the Sun; Moon; stars; and planets; observation of celestial bodies at the horizon; the use of astronomical software in archaeoastronomy; and current methods for making and analyzing measurements. The final section reviews what archaeoastronomy can now tell us about the nature and purpose of such sites and structures as Stonehenge; the Pyramids of Giza; Chichen Itza; the Campus Martius; and the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento. In addition; a set of exercises is provided that can be performed using non-commercial free software; e.g.; Google Earth or Stellarium; and will equip readers to conduct their own research. Readers will find the book an ideal introduction to what has become a wide-ranging multidisciplinary science.