Astronomy and society in Britain during the period 4000-1500 B.C / edited by C.L.N. Ruggles & A.W.R. Whittle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruggles, C. L. N. (Clive L. N.)

Whittle, A. W. R.

Series:

BAR British series ; 88.

BAR British series ; 88

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neolithic period--Great Britain.

Neolithic period.

Bronze age--Great Britain.

Bronze age.

Archaeoastronomy--Great Britain.

Archaeoastronomy.

Megalithic monuments--Great Britain.

Megalithic monuments.

Great Britain--Antiquities.

Great Britain.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : B.A.R., 1981.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Contents:

Megalithic lunar observatories / A.S. Thom

Decoding the Callanish complex / Margaret and Gerald Ponting

Wise men in antiquity? / Euan W. MacKie

A critical examination of the megalithic lunar observatories / Clive Ruggles

A reassessment of the solstitial observatories at Kintraw and Ballachroy / Jon Patrick

Some archaeological and astronomical objections to scientific astronomy in British prehistory / Gordon Moir

"By the light of the cinerary moon" / Aubrey Burl

Ethnoastronomy / I.J. Thorpe

Some notes on work organisation and society in prehistoric Wessex / Bill Startin and Richard Bradley

Later Neolithic society in Britain / Alasdair Whittle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Astronomy and society in Britain during the period 4000-1500 B.C.

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407323619

140732361X

OCLC:

644961178

Publisher Number:

B88 BAR Publishing

Access Restriction:

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