Abstracts list

List of submitted abstracts ordered by presenting author. After the deadline, the SOC will construct the scientific programme on the basis of these submitted abstracts.

Invited talks

1-	N-body Simulations of galaxy formation: 'laboratory experiments' in Cosmology Presenting author: A. Cesar Gonzalez-Garcia
2-	Many worlds in one Presenting author: Alex Vilenkin
3-	Bringing Heaven Down to Earth in Ancient China Presenting author: David Pankenier
4-	The conceptual and cultural history of gravitational lensing Presenting author: David Valls-Gabaud
5-	The Milky Way through the Ages: an iconographic Journey Presenting author: Francesco Bertola
6-	Distribution and orientation of stone monuments of the Sahara : space and time evolution Presenting author: Gauthier Yves
7-	Astronomical and cosmological aspects of Maya architecture and urbanism Presenting author: Ivan Šprajc
8-	Past, present and future of Cosmic Microwave Background Observations. Implications for Cosmology Presenting author: J.A.Rubiño Martín
9-	African Cosmology Presenting author: Jarita C. Holbrook
10-	Mesoamerican cosmology: recent finds Presenting author: Jesús Galindo Trejo
11-	Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos Presenting author: Joel Primack
12-	The Egyptian civil calendar: a masterpiece to organize the Cosmos Presenting author: Juan Antonio Belmonte
13-	Sociology of Modern Cosmology Presenting author: Martín López-Corredoira
14-	Constructing Worlds: Cosmovisions as Integral Parts of Human Ecosystems Presenting author: Michael A. Rappenglück
15-	The cosmology of William Herschel Presenting author: Michael Hoskin
16-	The Holy Quran and Cosmology Presenting author: Mosalam Shaltout
17-	Think Cosmically, Act Globally Presenting author: Nancy Ellen Abrams
18-	How Galileo and Kepler Countered Aristotle's Cosmological Errors Presenting author: Owen Gingerich
19-	Did I say cosmology? On modern cosmologies and ancient world-views Presenting author: Stanislaw Iwaniszewski
20-	Astronomies and Cosmologies in the Latin West Presenting author: Stephen C. McCluskey

Contributed talks and posters

1-	Statistical analysis of the orientation of the megaliths of the Iberian Peninsula Presenting author: A. César González-García
2-	Primordial black holes as dark matter Presenting author: A. S. Majumdar
3-	The “Madonna di Loreto” Bronze Age Sanctuary and its Stone Calendar Presenting author: A. Tunzi / V.F. Polcaro
4-	At the dawn of Greek Astronomy: The Temple of Zagora on Andros Presenting author: Alexandra Coucouzeli
5-	The Astronomy of Maimonides and Its Arabic Sources Presenting author: Ari Belenkiy
6-	A fourth mesoamerican cosmological system Presenting author: Arnold Lebeuf
7-	The Chiemgau Impact: An extraordinary case-study for the question of Holocene impacts and their cultural implications Presenting author: Barbara Rappenglueck
8-	Cosmological interpretation of ethnological artefacts: a study of the Igbo people of Nigeria Presenting author: Barth Chukwezi
9-	Bianchini’s Patron: El Rei D. João V de Portugal Presenting author: Cândido Marciano da Silva
10-	The Moon in the perception and measurement of social and ritual time. Comments on the Pre-historic Record Presenting author: Catarina Oliveira
11-	Pueblo Folklore, Landscape Phenomenology and the Visual Poetics of Fajada Butte Presenting author: Chanda Carey
12-	Seeing the Universe: On the Cusp of Technology Presenting author: Chris Impey
13-	Material Culture As Cosmological Marker Presenting author: Dimitriadis George
14-	The collaboration between the Italian Society for Archaeoastronomy and the Archaeological Superintendences Presenting author: E. Antonello
15-	The Erechtheion: cult, identity, and the cosmos Presenting author: Efrosyni Boutsikas
16-	Arcturus and the Bears Presenting author: Elio Antonello
17-	Cosmic Symbolism in Cultures of the Epoch of Bronze Presenting author: Emchenko Dmitry
18-	Prehistoric Cosmology Presenting author: Emilia Pasztor
19-	An interpretation of the orientation of late Neolithic rondels in the Carpathian Basin Presenting author: Emilia Pasztor
20-	Directional customs in the Carpathian Basin during the Bronze Age Presenting author: Emilia Pasztor
21-	An interpretation of some unique archaeological finds of the Carpathian Basin – the possible sky lore of prehistoric shamans Presenting author: Emilia Pasztor
22-	The Astral Disc of Chevroches (France) Presenting author: F. Devevey / A. Rousseau
23-	Rock art carvings at Açor Mountain, Portugal Presenting author: Fernando Pimenta
24-	Astronomical Orientation in Ancient Dacian Sanctuaries of Piatra Craivii, Romania. Preliminary Results. Presenting author: Florin Stanescu
25-	Aspects on the Orientation of the Bronze Age Public Buildings at Megiddo Presenting author: Gerasimos Artelaris
26-	Recent Advances in Hopewell Archaeoastronomy Presenting author: Giulio Magli, Michael Mickelson
27-	Review of topo-astronomical methods for the precise orientation in archaeological sites Presenting author: Gracia Rodríguez-Caderot
28-	A new test of Einstein’s theory of relativity by ancient solar eclipses Presenting author: Göran Henriksson
29-	Supernovae and Dark Energy Presenting author: Inma Domínguez
30-	Animating the Inanimate: Andean Huacas and the Concept of Camay Presenting author: J. McKim Malville
31-	Gran Canaria re-visited Presenting author: J.C. Gil Carreras & J.A. Belmonte
32-	Archaeoastronomical Information in the Study of Cremation Necropolis: Preliminary Study Presenting author: Javier Mejuto
33-	Planetary data and predictions in Babylonian Goal-Year Astronomy Presenting author: Jennifer Gray
34-	Observations of Far Southerly Moonrise from Hagar Qim, Ta'Hagrat, and Ggantija Temples from May 2005 to June 2007 Presenting author: John Cox
35-	Solar and Stellar Paintings in the Epipaleolithic and Neolithic Rock Art of the Iberian Peninsula. (II): New Shelters and Ceramics with Astral Paintings Presenting author: Jose Fernandez
36-	The Book of the “Relogio del Palacio de las Horas” from the “Libros del saber de Astronomía” of Alfonso X. Presenting author: Juan david Morales
37-	Archaeoastronomy in the Muisca Territory. Presenting author: Juan David Morales
38-	Lunar Standstill Markers at Preceramic Temples at the Buena Vista Site in Peru Presenting author: Larry R. Adkins
39-	Keeping time moving: lunar-solar paired alignments as diacritical syntax Presenting author: Lionel Sims
40-	The Primeval Zodiac: its Social, Religious, and Mythological Background Presenting author: Lorenzo Verderame
41-	The hall of the months of the Palace Schifanoia (Ferrara 1469-70) Presenting author: Manuela Incerti
42-	Beyond the Cosmological: Numerical: Scenarios Underneathy Ancient Annular Architectural Structures Presenting author: Marcello Ranieri
43-	The orientation of the northern gate of the Goseck solar observatory Presenting author: Marianna Ridderstad
44-	Orientations at the Bronze Age town of Gournia in Crete Presenting author: Mary Blomberg
45-	Human Cognition in Astronomical Categories Presenting author: Matsyna Andrey
46-	Humam Cognition in Astronomical Categories Presenting author: Matsyna Andrey
47-	Heavenly Messengers: The Role of Birds in the Cosmographies and the Cosmovisions of Ancient Cultures Presenting author: Michael A. Rappenglück
48-	Astronomical marker of “Cabeceras de Izcagua”: Where the doors of the sky are opened. Presenting author: Miguel Martín González
49-	Finding the Scred Direction: Medieval books on the Qibla Presenting author: Monica Rius
50-	Astronomers and Astronomical Observatories at Cairo during the Fatamic Islamic Period (969-1171 A.D.) Presenting author: Mosalam Shaltout
51-	Prime archaeological researches near mountain Monastyri on the Western Altai Presenting author: N. Dmitrieva
52-	The Antikythera Mechanism: An Archaeoastronomical Artefact in its Religious Context. Presenting author: Nick Campion
53-	The “acropolis” on the Cesi hill in Umbria: an archaeo-astronomical analysis Presenting author: Nicola Schiavottiello
54-	From survey to education: how augmented reality can contribute to the study and dissemination of archaeo-astronomy. Presenting author: Nicola Schiavottiello
55-	On two Runic calendars in Rome and in Paris Presenting author: Nicoletta Lanciano
56-	Astronomical practice of Central Asian nomads and possible Pleiades, Orion Belt and Sirius alignments of the “moustached” kurgans Presenting author: Nyssanbay M. Bekbassar
57-	The General Technique of the Research of Historical Sites in the Astronomical Coordinates Presenting author: Olga Polyakova
58-	Some new reflections of Mr. Palomar Presenting author: Orfeu Bertolami
59-	MIinoan Labyrinth: The Oldest Map of the Sky Presenting author: Panagiotes Gregoriades
60-	Linguistic Sources for the Study of Popular Names of Stars in Italian and Spanish Languages. Presenting author: Paola Capponi
61-	Presocratic Cosmology Presenting author: Peter Chapman-Rietschi
62-	Were there astronomical rites at the peak sanctuaries on Crete? Presenting author: Peter E Blomberg
63-	Some properties of nearby galaxy clusters Presenting author: Piotr FLIN
64-	Mudumal: An Ancient Astronomical Observatory from South India Presenting author: Pulla Rao Kudupudi
65-	A Comparison of Two Independent Models of the Solar System: Bode's Law and the 260 Day Mesoamerican Calendar Presenting author: Richard R. Zito
66-	Astronomical events and their political significance in three Inca founding myths Presenting author: Rita Fink
67-	Temples with multiple alignments, Buena Vista, Perú, 2000 BC Presenting author: Robert A. Benfer
68-	Interdisciplinary approach to megalithic tombs in Northern Iberia Presenting author: Rodrigo Gil-Merino
69-	A REMARKABLE COMET AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS IN THE BRAZILIAN ART ROCK Presenting author: Ronaldo Mourão
70-	Basque Stone Octagons Revisited Presenting author: Roslyn Frank
71-	Astronomical orientations of sacred architecture during the medieval period in Slovenia Presenting author: Saša Čaval
72-	One Day every 216 Years, three Days each Decan. Presenting author: Sepp Rothwangl
73-	Cosmologists Timeline Presenting author: Thomas Hockey
74-	The megalithic complex of the “Preta ‘ru Mulacchio”on the Monte della Stella Presenting author: V. F. Polcaro
75-	Living by al-Anwa': a literary, cultural and theological analysis of folk astronomy in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia Presenting author: W. Ben Adams
76-	The Antikythera Mechanism, astronomy and mathematics embedded in the gears Presenting author: Xenophon Moussas