Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered

Norman, Sir Lockyer

Essays
Book language: English
243 pages

A collection of essays examining Stonehenge and other British stone monuments from an astronomical point of view. The astronomer Sir Norman Lockyer considers how their orientations may relate to the movements of the sun and sky. It is worth listening to for its early approach to archaeoastronomy and its window into how ancient sites have been studied.

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Contents

STONEHENGE AND OTHER BRITISH STONE MONUMENTS Astronomically Considered
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II THE ASTRONOMICAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR
CHAPTER III THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR
CHAPTER IV THE VARIOUS NEW-YEAR DAYS
CHAPTER V CONDITIONS AND TRADITIONS AT STONEHENGE
CHAPTER VI GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF STONEHENGE
CHAPTER VII ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE IN 1901[11]
CHAPTER VIII ARCHÆOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE, 1901
CHAPTER IX WAS THERE AN EARLIER CIRCLE?
CHAPTER X THE MAY AND JUNE WORSHIPS IN BRITTANY
CHAPTER XI ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS
CHAPTER XII ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS—Continued.
CHAPTER XIII STENNESS (Lat. 59° N.).
CHAPTER XIV THE HURLERS (Lat. 50° 31′ N.)
CHAPTER XV THE DARTMOOR AVENUES
CHAPTER XVI THE DARTMOOR AVENUES (continued)
CHAPTER XVII STANTON DREW (Lat. 51° 10′ N.)
CHAPTER XVIII FOLKLORE AND TRADITION
CHAPTER XIX SACRED FIRES
CHAPTER XX SACRED TREES
CHAPTER XXI HOLY WELLS AND STREAMS
CHAPTER XXII WHERE DID THE BRITISH WORSHIP ORIGINATE?
CHAPTER XXIII THE SIMILARITY OF THE SEMITIC AND BRITISH WORSHIPS
CHAPTER XXIV THE MAY-YEAR IN SOUTH-WEST CORNWALL
CHAPTER XXV THE MERRY MAIDENS CIRCLE (LAT. 50° 4′ N.)
CHAPTER XXVI THE TREGASEAL CIRCLES (LAT. 50° 8′ 25″ N., LONG. 5° 39′ 25″ W.)

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