Table 1. Summary of sky cultures.
| location | id. | an. | sky culture | timestamp | source | type | count | references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global | I | G | IAU | 105 AD–20th c. | standard | w | re,nv | 86 | [4, 11] |
| Global | I | Rey | 1952 | book | w | re,nv | 80 | [4, 10] | |
| Global | I | Western | present | dataset | w | re,nv | 88 | [4] | |
| Global | I | Western asterisms | present | dataset | w | re,nv | 53 | [4] | |
| N Africa | Egypt | 1470, 50 BC | carving,paper | w | re | 26 | [4, 28] | ||
| W Asia | M | Babylonia | 1100-700 BC | tablet,papers | w | re | 50 | [4–7] | |
| W Asia | In | Arabia moon st. | 9th c. | book,paper | w | re | 21 | [4, 29] | |
| W Asia | G | Al-Sufi | 964 AD | book,dataset | w | re,nv | 51 | [4, 30] | |
| S Asia | In | India moon st. | < 500 BC | book,dataset | w | re | 21 | [4, 31] | |
| S Asia | A | Bugis | present | papers | o | nv | 12 | [32, 33] | |
| S Asia | A | Java | 19th c. | book,paper | o | fo | 3 | [34, 35] | |
| S Asia | A | Madura | present | paper | o | nv | 6 | [36] | |
| S Asia | A | Mandar | present | paper | o | nv | 6 | [32] | |
| E Asia | C | China medieval | 1092 AD | chart,book | w | po | 245 | [3, 4] | |
| E Asia | C | China | 1756-1950 | chart,book | w | po | 253 | [3, 4] | |
| E Asia | C | Korea | 1395 | chart,dataset | w | po | 219 | [4] | |
| E Asia | C | Japan moon st. | 8th c. | chart,paper | w | po | 27 | [4, 37] | |
| E Asia | I | Mongolia | present | dataset | o | fo | 4 | [4] | |
| Eurasia | I | Russia | present | book | o | fo | 4 | [38] | |
| W Europe | I | Ruelle | 1786 | chart | w | re,nv | 74 | [39] | |
| W Europe | I | Dien | 1831 | chart | w | re,nv | 100 | [40] | |
| E Europe | I | Belarus | 19th-21st c. | paper | o | fo | 12 | [4, 41] | |
| E Europe | I | Romania | 1907 | book,exhibition | o | fo | 38 | [4, 42, 43] | |
| S Europe | I | Macedonia | present | paper | o | fo | 16 | [4, 44] | |
| S Europe | I | Sardinia | present | dataset | o | fo | 11 | [4] | |
| N Europe | I | Norse | 13th c. | verse,book,dataset | o | nv | 6 | [4, 45] | |
| N Europe | Sami | 19th c. | book | o | fo | 3 | [4, 46] | ||
| N America | nA | Maya | 15th c. | codex,books | w | re | 14 | [4, 47, 48] | |
| N America | nA | Aztec | 16th c. | codices,book | w | re | 4 | [4, 49–51] | |
| N America | nA | Huave | 1981 | paper | o | fo | 15 | [52] | |
| N America | nA | Inuit | 20th c. | book,dataset | o | fo | 9 | [4, 53] | |
| N America | nA | Koyukon | 20th c. | book | o | fo | 1 | [14] | |
| N America | nA | Tutchone | 20th c. | book | o | fo | 1 | [14] | |
| N America | nA | Mi'kmaq | late 19th c. | book | o | fo | 4 | [14] | |
| N America | nA | Ojibwe | present | book | o | fo | 9 | [4, 16] | |
| N America | nA | Blackfoot | 20th c. | book | o | fo | 4 | [14] | |
| N America | nA | Pawnee | 20th c. | book | o | fo | 11 | [14] | |
| N America | nA | Sioux | present | books | o | fo | 13 | [4, 14, 15] | |
| N America | nA | Maricopa | 20th c. | book | o | fo | 4 | [14] | |
| N America | nA | Navajo | 20th c. | book | o | fo | 5 | [14] | |
| N America | nA | Zuni | 20th c. | book | o | fo | 9 | [14] | |
| S America | sA | Inca | 1613 | book | o | fo | 8 | [54] | |
| S America | sA | Kari'na | 1980 | paper | o | fo | 8 | [13] | |
| S America | sA | Lokono | present | dataset | o | fo | 10 | [4, 18] | |
| S America | sA | Quechua | 20th c. | paper | o | fo | 4 | [55] | |
| S America | sA | Tukano | 1905/2007 | book/thesis | o | fo | 20 | [4, 17, 56] | |
| S America | sA | Tupi | 1614 | book,papers | o | fo | 8 | [4, 12, 57, 58] | |
| Pacific | P | Anuta | 1998 | book | o | nv | 11 | [4, 59] | |
| Pacific | P | Carolines | 1951 | paper | o | nv | 12 | [60, 61] | |
| Pacific | P | Hawaii | present | website,dataset | o | nv | 13 | [4, 62] | |
| Pacific | P | Kiribati | present | dictionary | o | nv | 16 | [63] | |
| Pacific | P | Manus | 20th c. | paper | o | nv | 12 | [64] | |
| Pacific | P | Maori | 19th c. | paper | o | nv | 4 | [4, 65] | |
| Pacific | P | Marshall | present | dictionary | o | nv | 41 | [66] | |
| Pacific | P | Tonga | late 19th c. | paper | o | nv | 11 | [4, 67] | |
| Pacific | P | Vanuatu | present | website,dataset | o | fo | 6 | [4, 68] |
id. provides an identifier, and an. ancestry. Under type, knowledge transmission is marked as written (w) or oral (o). The (main) practical use(s) (at the time of origin) are for: navigation (nv), religious (re) or political (po) divination, or folk/agrarian/hunter-gatherer time-keeping on land (fo). The count includes constellations with at least one line.