Cultural astronomy

Cultural astronomy: Cultural astronomy is a blanket term used to describe interdisciplinary fields that relate to astronomical systems of current or ancient societies and cultures.^[1] Such areas include archaeoastronomy (the study of the use of astronomy and its role in ancient cultures and civilizations), ethnoastronomy (the study of the use of astronomy and its role in contemporary cultures), historical astronomy (analyzing historic astronomical data), history of astronomy (understanding and study and evolution of the discipline of astronomy over the course of human knowledge) and history of astrology (understanding the astrological roots of astronomy and understanding the differences between astrology and astronomy.

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^ Jarita Holbrook, Johnson O. Urama and R. Thebe Medupe (2008). African Cultural Astronomy. Bibcode AND SPACE SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6639-9 ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6639-9.

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Astronomical sub-disciplines
History of astronomy
History of astrology

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