Thinking Hattusha: Astronomy and Landscape in the Hittite Lands

Contemporaneous with the Egyptian New Kingdom, the inhabitants of the Hittite Empire and their masters, the Kings of the Land of Hatti, produced a most sophisticated society, heir to a long Anatolian cultural tradition lasting several millennia.2 However, to our knowledge, cultural astronomy studies...

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Published inJournal for the history of astronomy Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 461 - 494
Main Authors García, A. César González, Belmonte, Juan Antonio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2011
Science History Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Astronomy
Deities
General points
History
History of science and technology
Physical sciences and techniques
Religion
Bronze age
Anatolia
Astronomy
Hittite
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Summary:Contemporaneous with the Egyptian New Kingdom, the inhabitants of the Hittite Empire and their masters, the Kings of the Land of Hatti, produced a most sophisticated society, heir to a long Anatolian cultural tradition lasting several millennia.2 However, to our knowledge, cultural astronomy studies in this area and particular period have been practically nil.3 Preliminary analysis of some Hittite monuments and of the written sources had shown certain clues to a possible interest in the sky, but the judgement of Jürgen Seeher,4 the director of the team currently excavating at Hattusha, the Hittite capital, was so categorically negative regarding the question that apparently there was no hope of obtaining a positive result. [...]Section 4 presents the conclusions, both definitive and preliminary, of our work. 1.
ISSN:0021-8286
1753-8556
DOI:10.1177/002182861104200404