is there a career related to prehistoric astronomy?

[Robina S]

i need to know if there is career related to prehistoric astronomy. cause i wish to study both astronomy and prehistoric life.

[Adam W]

Realistically, no. They are two very different things. Astronomy deals with space, whereas things about prehistory, especially prehistoric life, deal with fossils and such found under the earth. However, there is a field called History of Science which deals with the history of scientific study. Not exactly the same thing, but the closest thing you'll get. I know it is offered at the University of Toronto in Canada, but I should be available as a program in many other colleges as well.

[Lucifer]

I suppose you could study stonehenge...

[jaske]

Astronomy covers all times, future and past. Pre-Historic Earth is a fascinating subject, above and below.

[Michael Steen]

It occurs to me that to study astronomy at all is to study the past, not the present. We are seeing the sun as it was 8 minutes ago, Alpha Centauri as it was 4.5 years ago, Betelgeuse as it was 500 years ago, the Orion Nebula as it was 1500 years ago, and the Andromeda Galaxy as it was 2.5 million years ago.
Technically, all of astronomy is, by necessity, a study of prehistory.