skyscapeR1.0.0 package

Data Analysis and Visualization for Skyscape Archaeology

hor2alt

Retrieves horizon altitude for a given azimuth from a given horizon pr...

hpdi

Returns the high-density region of a probability distribution

jd2time

Converts Julian date and time (in any timezone) to julian date

jS

Declination of June Solstice for a given year

long.date

Converts day-month in 'MM-DD' format to a more readable format

mag.dec

Estimates magnetic declination (difference between true and magnetic n...

moonphase

Computes the phase of the moon

nMjLX

Declination of northern major Lunar Extreme for a given year

nmnLX

Declination of northern minor Lunar Extreme for a given year

obliquity

Computes obliquity of the ecliptic

antizenith

Declination of the anti-zenith sun for a given location

az.pdf

Convert discrete azimuth measurements into probability distributions

az2dec

Calculates declination from azimuth and altitude measurements

BC.AD

Converts year number (epoch) to calendar year

bernoulli.trial

Execute a (series of) Bernoulli trial(s)

body.position

Computes position of Solar System bodies in equatorial coordinates

coordtrans

Coordinate-transform azimuth prob distributions into declination prob ...

createHor

Create skyscapeR.horizon object from Az/Alt data

createHWT

Create and download horizon data from HeyWhatsThat

curvigram

(Defunct) Computes declination curvigram

downloadHWT

Download horizon data from HeyWhatsThat

dS

Declination of December Solstice for a given year

EFM

Equinoctial Full Moons

eq

Declination of the sun at the Equinox

exportHor

Exports a skyscapeR.horizon object into Stellarium format

findTargets

Find celestial targets within declination and time ranges

orbit

Calculate visible path of celestial object at given location

parallax.corr

Corrected parallax for a given location and object altitude

plot.skyscapeR.horizon

Plot horizon data

plot.skyscapeR.pdf

Plot orientation probability distributions

plot.skyscapeR.sigTest

Plot significance test of orientations

plot.skyscapeR.spd

Plot orientation summed probability density

plot.skyscapeR.starphases

Plot stellar phase and seasonality

plotAzimuth

Polar plot of orientations (azimuths)

plotBars

Bar plot of orientations (declination)

print.skyscapeR.sigTest

Prints significance test results

pval2stars

Converts p-value into symbol

randomTest

Significance test against the null hypothesis of random orientation

reduct.compass

Data reduction for compass measurements

reduct.theodolite

Data reduction for theodolite measurements using the sun-sight method

riseset

Computes the rising and setting azimuth, declination and time of a Sol...

sigTest

(Defunct) Perform a null hypothesis significance test of a given curvi...

sky.objects

Creates a skyscapeR.object for plotting of celestial objects at gi...

sky.sketch

Create a simplistic sketch of the sky at a given moment in time

skyscapeR.vars

See and change the global variables used by skyscapeR

sMjLX

Declination of southern major Lunar Extreme for a given year

smnLX

Declination of southern minor Lunar Extreme for a given year

solar.date

Solar Date

spatial.equinox

Declination of the spatial equinox for a given location

spd

Summed probability density (SPD)

star.phases

Calculate the seasons and phase type of a star

star

Create skyscapeR.star object

sunAz

Returns the azimuth of the sun at a given time from a specific locatio...

ten

Converts degree measurements in deg-min-sec (º ' ") format into decima...

time2jd

Converts date and time (in any timezone) to Julian date

timestring

Converts date and time numeric values to a single string

zenith

Declination of the zenith sun for a given location

Data reduction, visualization and statistical analysis of measurements of orientation of archaeological structures, following Silva (2020) <doi:10.1016/j.jas.2020.105138>.

  • Maintainer: Silva Fabio
  • License: GPL (>= 2)
  • Last published: 2021-10-29