Annotated Bibliography

Text Sources

This book was in-depth about Mesoamerican calendars. Very few references to actual myth, but a good source to understand the complexity of their understanding of astronomy.

An excellent source on the descrepancies in Hyades distance and the importance of the Hyades in determining distances to other clusters and the age of the universe.

This article did not have a good focus on one culture, but gave a overview of Native American cosmologies and compared them.

A good reference for open star clusters. Good description of locations of open star clusters in the Northern Hemisphere.

The author attempted to show evidence toward geographical similarities in the cosmologies of Mesoamerica.

An in depth research article highlighting brown dwarf discovery in the Pleiades and looking at several previously overlooked candidates. Presents good data on potential brown dwarfs, but very technical.

A good overview of the history of brown dwarf research and discovery as well as an explaination of brown dwarfs themselves. Not terribly technical, but overall a helpful source.

This article was based on Hoskinson's essay written in Earth and Sky and reviewed his archeological findings for the Yuman and Piman areas. This included archeo-astronomical data taken from a poem and petroglyphs. Although this was his own speculation, the article provided good insight into Yuman and Piman culture.

This book was based on the author's travels and in-field study of the secluded Barasana tribe in the Amazon. His information was gathered through discussion and observation and all his imterpretations are adequately justified. This book provides an excellent look into native Amazonian culture.

This is a classroom textbook for beginning astronomy. It provides accurate explanations of a variety of astronomical topics including cluster formation and H-R diagrams.

Explains the Aztec ceremony performed at the end of the 52-year cycle according to their calendars. Provides a brief look at Aztecan culture as it relates to the Pleiades.

This book provides a good overview of archeo-astronomy in a variety of cultures. Information regarding the Pleiades was limited, but descriptive regarding Aztec culture.

This book is organized by regions within Native American cultures. A variety of  stories about constellations are provided from a myriad of cultures. Easy indexing based on culture or constellation.

Although I did not use this book for reference other than his qoute, I highly recommend this book. He covers information concerning our solar system, and our future in space exploration.

This article related well the cosmologies of the Maya people. Myths in relation to their calendar were included.

The author lists molecules abundant in certain gas clouds. A good explanation of the formation of interstellar clouds is provided. He also includes a list of the many molecules found through radioastronomy. Conveys well the formation and death of stars.

This article gave several paragraphs referring to the Pleiades and their importance to the Mayans. It also provided an explaination of the Mayan's beliefs regarding the beginning of the universe.

This article was very basic overview of the Hyades distance problem, and provided only the most basic information on the Hyades.

This article is a technical, but well-written explaination of White and Bally's research regarding the nebulosity surrounding the Pleiades.

Web Sources

Gives right ascension and declination for M45 along with number of cluster members. A good web resource for basic information regarding the Pleiades, but not too in depth.

A good site for a basic overview of star formation and death as well as other astronomy related topics.

Provides a basic overview of star formation and evolution. The information provided is rather elementary, but was accompanied good visual representation of a star's life cycle.

This site provided a good overview of brown dwarf formation and the methods used to search for brown dwarfs. A great website for good information: not too basic or technical with wonderful visual representation of topics covered.