Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf [electronic resource] / by Daniel Martin Varisco.

Varisco, Daniel Martin.
Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783030957711 978-3-030-95771-1
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/1893
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2022.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XXIV, 446 p. online resource.
Dizi
Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies, 2730-9711
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction -- Part I: Analysis -- 1. Traditional Knowledge of the Stars -- 2. The Almanac Tradition -- 3. Calendar Systems of the Gulf Almanacs -- 4. Traditional Seasonal Knowledge -- 5. Range of Content in the Almanacs -- 6. Seasonal Activities on Land -- 7. Seasonal Activities on the Sea -- 8. The Future of Almanac Lore in the Gulf -- Part II: Texts -- 9. Almanacs -- 10. The Canopus (Suhayl) Calender -- 11. The Pleiades Conjunction Calendar -- 12. Poetry -- 13. Proverbs. .
Özet, vb.
This book is the first in English to survey indigenous knowledge of seasonal, astronomical, and agricultural information in Arab Gulf almanacs. It provides an extensive analysis of the traditional information available, based on local almanacs, Arabic texts and poetry by Gulf individuals, ethnographic interviews, and online forums. A major feature of the book is tracing the history of terms and concepts in the local seasonal knowledge of the Gulf, including an important genre about weather stars, stemming back to the ninth century CE. Also covered are pearl diving, fishing, seafaring, and pastoral activities. This book will be of interest to scholars who study the entire Arab region, since much of the lore was shared and continues through the present. It will also be of value to scholars who work on the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Trade Network, as well as the history of folk astronomy in the Arab World. Daniel Martin Varisco is an anthropologist and historian with research experience in Yemen, Egypt and the Arab Gulf. He has written about Arabic folk astronomy and astrology, traditional agriculture and the history of the Arab almanac. He is currently President of the American Institute for Yemeni Studies.
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