archaeastronomy

• archæastronomy, archaeoastronomy, archæoastronomy, archeastronomy, archeoastronomy

From archae- +‎ astronomy.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ)ki.əsˈtɹɒnəmi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnəmi

archaeastronomy (uncountable)

1. (astronomy, archaeology) The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
   • 1979, John Howland Rowe, “Review: Archaeoastronomy in Meso America and Peru”, in Latin American Research Review, volume 14, number 2, page 227:

     Archaeoastronomy is an endeavor to find out something about ancient astronomy and related matters through the use of archeological data and the study of ancient texts.

   • 1989, John Michell, A Little History of Astro-Archaeology, page 6:

     The current fashion is to call the subject archaeoastronomy, as if it were more the business of astronomers or historians of astronomy than of archaeologists.