Final Program (17/08/2015)
Museum of Classical Art of the Department of Classics, Rome University "La Sapienza" • 9:00 Registration • 9:30 Welcome addresses • 10:00 Lectio Magistralis by Prof. G. Bignami, President of Italian Institute of Astrophysics : "Science, society and cultures" • 11:00 Coffee break • 11:15 Lectio Magistralis by Prof. Roberto Buonanno, President of the Italian Astronomical Society: "The Harmony of the Celestial Spheres" • 12:15 Lectio Magistralis by Prof. Sen. Lucio Lombardi Satriani, Roma University La Sapienza: "Astronomy and Anthropology" • 13:15 Invited talk by Dr. Juan Antonio Belmonte, Instituto de AstrofÏsica de Canaria: "Orientatio ad Sidera (OAS): highlights of a decade of archaeoastronomical research in the Mediterranean region and beyond" • 13:45 Lunch • Session "Problems and Methods of Cultural Astronomy" 14:15 - 14:35 D. Brown Phenomenology of Shadow 14:35 - 14:55 V. F. Polcaro The Credibility of Archaeoastronomy: Suggestion From Pharmacology? 14:55 - 15:15 M. A. Rappenglück Cosmic Entomology: The Image and Function of Insects in Archaic Sky Watching and Cosmovisions 15:15 - 15:35 J. Vit, M. A. Rappenglück Looking through a telescope with an obsidian mirror: Would specialists of ancient cultures have been able to view the night sky using such an instrument? 15:35 - 15:55 G. Zotti Open Source Virtual Archaeoastronomy • 16:00 Coffee break • Session "Astronomy in Extra-European Cultures" 16:15 - 16:35 J. Holbrook, J. de Prada-Samper !Xam Skylore of the Karoo Desert, South Africa 16:35 - 16:55 S. Iwaniszewski Another Look at the Lunar Series from Dos Pilas and Naranjo 16:55 - 17:15 J. McKim Malville Animism and Reciprocity at Sky Watching Places 17:15 - 17:35 R. Moyano The Crossover Among the Incas in the Collasuyu 17:35 - 17:55 B. M. Mak Astral Science from the Near East to China in the late first millennium AD - Dorotheus in Pahlavi and Duli Yusi Jing in Chinese 17:55 - 18:15 R. Neuhäuser, W. Rada, D. L. Neuhäuser Newly found old Yemenite observations of Supernovae 1006 and 1604 • 18:15 Welcome cocktail party
Auditorium of the University Chapel • 8:00-9:00 Posters Mounting • Special Session on "Astronomy in Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Persia, Levant, Turkey) and Egypt, from the origins to 395 CE" 9:00 - 9:20 J. A. Belmonte, M. C. Pérez Die, L. Díaz-Iglesias Llanos Shrines of Ram-Headed Divinities and Canopus: Skyscaping at Herakleópolis Magna 9:20 - 9:40 A. C. González-GarcÌa, J. A. Belmonte, A. Polcaro A diachronic analysis of monument orientation in the Levant: the Jordanian paradigm 9:40 - 10:00 S. Gullberg The Babylonian Astronomical Diaries: A Graphical Analysis of their Implied Reference System 10:00 - 10:20 A. Jones Eclipses in Greco-Roman Egypt: Trends in Observation, Prediction, and Interpretation 10:20 - 10:40 D. Nadali, A. Polcaro The sky from the high terrace: study on the orientation of the ziqqurat in ancient Mesopotamia 10:40 - 11:00 E. Orrelle Identifying transition in ritual power in the Neolithic of the Levant • 11:00 Coffee break 11:15 - 11:35 S. Pizzimenti The Kudurrus and the Sky. Analysis and Interpretation of the Astral Symbols as Represented in Kassite Kudurrus Reliefs 11:35 - 11:55 E. Ratson Ideal Lunar Velocity 11:55 - 12:15 A. Rodríguez Antón, J. A. Belmonte, A. C. González-Garcìa Romans in Near East: Orientation of Roman towns and forts in modern Jordan 12:15 - 12:35 S. Shinnar Rabbinic Standards for Accuracy in Lunar Observation: Regulating the Calendar in the Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 12:35 - 12:55 J. Steele Evidence for the Practice of Astronomy and Astrology in the "House of the ašipu’ in Uruk 12:55 - 13:15 L. Verderame Pleiades in ancient Mesopotamia • 13:15 lunch • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Ancient Greece" 14:00 - 14:20 E. Boutsikas The orientation of Greek temples in sanctuaries of Asia Minor, Sicily and Cyprus 14:20 - 14:40 M. Revello The Sun of Homer 14:40 - 15:00 L. Sims Apollonian Delphi: how history comes to the aid of prehistory. • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Ancient Italy and in Roman Empire" 15:00 - 15:20 R. Hanna, G. Magli, A. Orlando Astronomy and landscape in the Valley of the Temples of Akraga 15:20 - 15:40 P. Littarru Forty years of archaeoastronomical research in Sardinia 15:40 - 16:00 A. Orlando, D. Gori Megalithic Temple of Diana on the Cefalù Rock (Sicily) • 16:00 Coffee break 16:15 - 16:35 M. Ranieri, F. Carnevale Solstices at Sesto Fiorentino: an Investigation on Geometry and Alignments of the Tholos Tombs of the Etruscan Princes 16:35 - 16.55 M. Rapisarda, M. Ranieri "Phoenician lighthouse" at Capo Gallo (Palermo)? 16:55 - 17:15 I. Dupper Landscape architectural research strategies to interpret Latium’s cultural landscape heritage, Italy: Research focus: Sanctuario della Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina 17:15 - 17:35 M. Monaco The Temple B in Largo Argentina, Rome: CAD Analysis of The Ground Plan Reveals a Geometrical Circle-Pentagon-Circle Scheme 17:35 - 17:55 L. Magini Astronomy and Calendar in Ancient Rome, a Short Summary • 18:00 - 20:00 G. Zotti Tutorial: producing and configuring Stellarium landscapes for orientation studies
Auditorium of the University Chapel • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Ancient Italy and in Roman Empire" 9:00 - 9:20 M. De Franceschini, G. Veneziano Archaeoastronomy in the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome 9:20 - 9:40 D. Epinosa Espinosa, A. C. González-García, M. V. García Quintela On the Orientation of Roman Towns in the Limes Germanicus 9:40 - 10:00 A. C. González-García, M. V. García Quintela Celtic Solar Orientation of Lugdunum Convenarum 10:00 - 10:20 N. Lanciano, P. Virgili The urban set of the Pantheon and the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome, between architectural and astronomical symbolism. 10:20 - 10:40 M. Ranieri, M. Monaco From Desgodetz to Laser Scanner: Measures and Geometries in the Plan of the Pantheon 10:40 - 11:00 S. Sclavi, F. Carnevale, M. Monaco, S. Gaudenzi, M. Ranieri, V. F. Polcaro, C. Scatigno The Orientation of Mithraea In Ostia Antica 11:00 - 11:20 V. Tiede Ara Pacis Augustae: An Astro-Archaeological Analysis • 11:20 Coffee break • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Ancient Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands" 11:35 - 11:55 C. Esteban Equinox Markers in Protohistoric Iberian Sanctuaries 11:55 - 12:15 M. Pérez, A. Rodríguez Dìaz, I. Pavón Soldevila, D. M. Duque Espino A Orientalizing Ritual Building in Aliseda (Cáceres, Spain) 12:15 - 12:35 M. Pérez, A. Ruiz Rodríguez, M. Molinos Molinos The Iberian urban sanctuary of Puente Tablas (Jaén, España) 12:35 - 12:55 F. Silva The Prehistoric Skyscapes western Iberian project: an update 12:55 - 13:15 L. Sims Praile Aitz 1: A Basque Magdalenian lunar-solar cave at 15,500 BP? 13:15 - 13:35 A. Ulla, F. Braña Rey, E. Pérez Fernández Application of cultural astronomy methods to High School by means of studying astronomical decorations and orientations of hórreos in two locations of Galicia (Spain). Statistics, comparison and educational conclusions. • 13:35 lunch • Session "The Sky Bear" 14:05 - 14:25 E. Antonello Sky simulations for the Paleolithic epoch 14:25 - 14: 45 M. Ridderstad The Bear and the Year: the Origin of the Finnish Late Iron Age Folk Calendar and Its Connection to the Bear Cult 14:45 - 15:05 D. Gunzburg Time pursued by a Bear: Ursa Major and stellar time-telling in the Paduan Salone 15:05 - 15:25 R. Frank Sky Bears research: Implications for "Cultural Astronomy" • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Ancient Northern Europe and British Islands" 15:25 - 15:45 P. Amstrong Mesolithic and the Neolithic Skyscapes in Western Britain 15:45 - 16:05 L. Henty Continuity or change? A microscopic scale analysis of monuments and ritual in Aberdeenshire. • 16:05 Coffee break 16:15 - 16:35 C. Maumené The Gundestrup cauldron : is this the key to the enigma? 16:35 - 16:55 M. Ridderstad Sacred or Profane Spaces - Comparing the Orientations of the Neolithic Housepits and the Giants’ Churches of Ostrobothnia 16:55 - 17:15 V. Tuménas The links in attributes between the Baltic Thunder God Perkunas and his analogues - Jupiter and Zeus • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Ancient Eastern Europe" 17:15 - 17:35 O. Kuzmanovska, J. Stankovski Lunar Markers of the Peak Sanctuary Kokino 17:35 - 17:55 F. Stanescu The Small Round Sanctuary of the Sacred Terrace of Sarmizegetuza Regia, Romania. The Problem of Number 13 17:55 - 18:15 A. Stoev, P. Maglova, M. Spasova Late Chalcolithic solar-chthonic rock-cut structures for time measuring in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria • 18:15 - 20:00 G. Zotti Tutorial: producing and configuring Stellarium landscapes for orientation studies
Auditorium of the University Chapel 9:00 - 9:20 A. Mickaelian Armenian Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture 9:20 - 9:40 S. V. Farmanyan Ancient Cosmology in Armenian Highland • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Christian Churches" 9:40 - 10:00 B. Vilas Estévez, A. C. González-García Light and Shadow in Santiago: the Cathedral of Saint James and its orientations. 10:00 - 10:20 M. Incerti, G. Lavorati, S. Iurilli, U. Velo Survey, archaeastronomy and communication: the Mausoleum of Teodoric in Ravenna (Italy) 10:20 - 10:40 M. García Quintela, A. C. González-García From Hagiography to Celtic Cosmology: the Early Years of Santa Mariña in the Lagoon of Antela (Ourense, NW Spain) and the Limici Celtic heritage 10:40 - 11:00 E. Spinazzè Alignments at the patron saint’s day of sacral medieval buildings and the light path inside the church at the saint’s day • 11:00 Coffee break 11:15 - 11:35 M. Zedda A Statistical Analysis on the Orientation of the Romanesque Churches of Sardinia, Corsica and Tuscany 11:35 - 11:55 S. Draxler, M. E. Lippitsch Astronomy in the medieval Liber Floridus 11:55 - 12:15 B. Brady Welsh Monastic Skyscapes: the design and results of a pilot project 12:15 - 12:35 B. Brady The Western Orientation of the Solstitial Churches of Gweynedd, Wales. • 12:35 lunch • 13:00 Posters dismounting • 14:00 - 19:00 "Half day excursion to Rome Imperial Fora"
Museum of Classical Art of the Department of Classics, Rome University "La Sapienza" 9:00 - 9:20 S. Bartolini, M. Pierozzi Astronomy and Solar Symbology in the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte and Florence Baptistery in Florence 9:20 - 9:40 B. Benfer Light Beams and Architecture Marked Celestial Events in Colonial Churches and Missions in New Spain and Perú • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Renaissance and Modern Epoch" 9:40 - 10:00 G. Gandolfi Astrology, Prophecy and the birth of Modern Science seen through the Lenses of Renaissance Art 10:00 - 10:20 N. Campion Astronomy and Culture in the Eighteenth Century: Isaac Newton’s influence on the Enlightenment and Politics. 10:20 - 10:40 L. Tirapicos The old and the new Rome: Francesco Bianchini’s astronomical exchanges with the court of Lisbon • Session "Cultural Astronomy in Contemporary Epoch" 10:40 - 11:00 A. Adamo Sound is the night • 11:00 Coffee break 11:15 - 11:35 A. Adamo Where telescopes cannot (yet) see 11:35 - 11:55 H. Gropp Toward one date: The Easter date(s) 11:55 - 12:15 R. Ndlovu Analysing Education as a variable in "the Sky in Our Lives Survey" • 12:15 - 13:30 Posters discussion • 13:30 lunch • 14:00 - 15:45 Round Table: What is "cultural astronomy" today? • 15:45 Coffee Break • 16:00 - 18:00 SEAC General Assembly • 20:30 Conference dinner • November 14th - 15th : Post Conference Tour Accepted Posters 01) A. Adamo Looking the sky in the face 02) E. Amsterdam Classical constellation patterns on the ground made up by artificial dwelling hills in Frisia, The Netherlands 03) R. Assasi Astronomical alignment of Roman quadrifrons structures 04) N. Ayash The Stars in the Minoan Religion 05) N. Bekbassar Twelve year’s cyclic calendar in numismatics of the Golden Horde and Ilkhanate 06) A. Belenkiy Easter 414 in Alexandria: Hypatia’s Murder Case Reopened 07) D. Brown, Ana Souto Skyscapes of Clifton Campus - Exploring Nocturnal Environments & Sky with Stellarium 08) M.P. Burillo Quadrado, F. Burillo Coelum Empireum, Habitaculum Dei and souls’ destination 09) B. Castro, I. Liritzis, A. Nyquist Determining the Oracular Time: Comparative Astronomical Measurements of Apollonian Temples 10) C. Clausen Inter-visibility, Sightlines and Alignments 11) M. Codebò, H. de Santis, G. L. Pesce A stone observatory at Bric Pinarella (Italy) 12) P. Colona Ixion, an astronomical interpretation 13) J. de Jager Pyramids of Ancient Egypt - Paradox and Symmetry 14) M.D. Duarte da Cunha A bull on the water (astronomy and navigation in the Eastern Mediterranean by Minoans in MM III period 1,600 BC and 1,200 LM III ACC). 15) C. Esteban, L. B. de Lugo Enrich Venus and the Temples of Astarte across the Mediterranean 16) C. Esteban, D. Iborra Pellín Archaeoastronomy in Bronze Age Tumular Tombs and Settlements of La Mancha (Spain) 17) N. L. Furbee Disarticulated Dual Seasons and Maya Cosmology 18) G. Henriksson King David’s Altar dated by the appearance of comet Encke in 964 BC 19) R. Herrera Sundials and Some Other Astronomical Instruments to Measure the Sky 20) S. Ivanova, A. Raduncheva, V. Koleva, D. Kolev Rock Sites in the Eastern Rhodopes: Archaeology and Astronomy 21) 21. M. Koeppl A Calendar-astronomical Explanation of Homer’s Odyssey 22) A. Kuzmin The Astronomical Birth of Napie’s Logarithmics 23) G. Latura The Mysteries of Eleusis & the Zodiacal Light 24) A. Mulas, M. P. Zedda Orientation of the Sardinian Nuraghic "Huts of Reunions" 25) A. V. Mushich-Gromyko Archaic Astronomical Slavic Concepts and their Reflection in the Metrics of the Textile 26) A. Orlando, M.T. Magro, M. S. Scaravilli The oriented altars of Pizzicata Rocks and the rocky sites of Alcantara Valley 27) A. Orlando, D. Tanasi Rediscovering the Maltese temple of Borg in-Nadur 28) R. Park Damnatio ad astra on the Dendera Zodiac 29) M. Pérez, D. Bea Castaño, J. Diloli Fons, J. Vila Llorach, M. Prades Painous La Gessera: an Iberian building for worship? 30) R. Perez-Enriquez, J. Galindo Trejo Basis of a Gnomonic Paradigm in Mesoamerica: the Case of Mayapan 31) S. Rothwangl Heaven upon Earth: Educational model of the solar system on a scale of 1:1 billion 32) M. Shaltout Amon Temple in Khargha Oasis (Egypt) and illumination of the sanctuary two times every year by the rising Sun 33) M. Shaltout Did the ancient Egyptians observe the explosive stars (Supernovae)? 34) A. Stoev, P. Maglova Research project "Astronomical orientations and geophysical anomalies of trapezoidal niches in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria": in search of an international partnership 35) A. Stoev, P. Maglova, V. Markov, M. Spasova Prehistoric rock sanctuary with arch near the village of Kovachevitsa, Bulgaria: spatial orientation and solar projections 36) M. Zedda Hypothesis about a Astronomical System of Ligures Apuan in Garfagnana 37) B. Zlatev On the Value of Proclus’ Perfect Year and Its Meaning G. Zotti Tutorial: producing and configuring Stellarium landscapes for orientation studies |
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