How the Shaman Stole the Moon By William H. Calvin

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Ancient (BCE-40 CE)
Contemporary (Post-WWII)
Early Modern (15th-18th Century)
Earth Sciences
Life Sciences
Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
Modern (18th-20th Century)
Personal
Physical Sciences
Secondary Source

URL:

http://faculty.washington.edu/wcalvin/bk6/

Author:

William H. Calvin

Excerpt:

How the Shaman Stole the Moon (Bantam 1991) is my archaeoastronomy book, a dozen ways of predicting eclipses -- those paleolithic strategies for winning fame and fortune by convincing people that you're (ahem) on speaking terms with whoever runs the heavens