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72 English Osprey Publishing Stonehenge was not an observatory used by druidical astronomer-priests. but instead an almighty monument in which the moon. the sun. and the dead were joined together In this compelling book. archaeological expert Aubrey. Burl explains how. more than four thousand years ago. people in the British Isles identified life and death with the cycle of midwinter and midsummer. and with the rising and setting of the sun and moon. It is for this reason that so many megalithic monuments have astronomical sightlines bult into them. This book explores the development of astronomical customes in the British Isles. and. unlike other works about megalithic astronomy. keeps the techical explanations of azimuths and declinations to their simpliest. its emphasis being upon people rather than perturbations and eclipses.

Who reads Prehistoric Astronomy and Ritual (Shire Archaeology)?

Author

Burl, Aubrey

Publisher

Shire Publications

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780747806141

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Science, Anthropology

Rating

4.33 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14