Medieval Folk Astronomy and Agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen
Daniel Martin Varisco
Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1997
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Combines ethnographic fieldwork among highland Yemeni farmers with extensive study of medieval Arabic manuscripts on folk astronomy and agriculture, examining the astronomical concept of 'lunar stations' from pre-Islamic Arabia through Arab astronomy and its significance for agricultural societies.
- ISBN-13
- 9780860786511
- ISBN-10
- 086078651X
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Year
- 1997
- Publication date
- 1997-09-25
- Pages
- 352
- Dimensions
- 229x152x
- Weight
- 589