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The ‘Ancient Skies’ project—human cultures and their skies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2011

Rüdiger Schultz  and
Doris Vickers
Rüdiger Schultz
Affiliation:
Schultz IT Solutions, Diesterweggasse 8 Top 3, AT–1140 Vienna, Austria email: ruediger@schultz.ch
Doris Vickers
Affiliation:
University of Vienna, Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, AT–1010 Vienna, Austria email: doris@vickers.at
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Abstract

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Human beings have recognized and interpreted celestial objects and events since time immemorial. The sky, our common and universal heritage, forms an integral part of all human cultures around the world. The Ancient Skies Project aims to collect, verify and publish available information about various human cultures and their astronomical knowledge in one single web-accessible knowledgebase.

The overall vision for the project is

In this paper we describe the basic tenets of the project, discuss the design of the knowledgebase, and compare the project to other similar projects.

Keywords

ancient skieshuman culturescultural astronomyknowledgebasestar loresky mythsstar namesconstellations: cultural
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S278: “Oxford IX” International Symposium on Archaeoastronomy , January 2011 , pp. 397 - 403
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011