To the ancients, the sky was a source of power that drove the seasons and ordered theworld. Astronomical observation provided access to celestial power. The character of those observations, the use to which they were put, and a culture's brokerage of the sky's power were primarily functions of latitude, climate, and social complexity.
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Krupp, E. C. (2015). Astronomy and power. In Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy (pp. 67–92). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6141-8_5
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