Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland - Clive Ruggles
Hardcover - 288 pages (June 1999) Yale
Very readable and in-depth guide to archaeoastronomy in the British Isles
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Stonehenge: Neolithic Man and The Cosmos
John NorthThis book combines meticulous attention to the latest archaeological surveys with a profound knowledge of the heavens as they were many millennia ago to establish the function of the stones on Salisbury Plain and what we can know of the religion that caused the to be erected.
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Ancient Astronomy
Astronomy before the Telescope
Editor: Christopher WalkerPublisher: British Museum 1999 352 Pages Illustrations: 20 colour, 120 b&w. 10" x 8". Hardback. ISBN: 0714127337
The achievements of European astronomers from prehistoric times to the Renaissance are linked with those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, India and the Islamic world. A comprehensive and authoritative survey of world astronomy before the invention of the telescope in AD 1609. The book looks at instruments used, observations made and the effect of developments in mathematics and measurement.
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The Secret Language of the Stars and Planets : A Visual Key to the Heavens - by Geoffrey Cornelius, Paul Devereux
In this stunning guide--the first illustrated book of its kind--science, mysticism, and ancient beliefs intertwine to explore the conundrums of the cosmos. Drawing from astronomy, astrology, archaeology, and the occult, The Secret Language of the Stars and Planets delves into the celestial enigmas that have beguiled laypeople and scientists for centuries. 175 color photos. 70 color illustrations.
The Science of the Skies By Giles Sparrow
The Grand Design By Geoffrey Cornelius
Correspondences By Geoffrey Cornelius
Visual Directory: Sun, Moon and Planets By Geoffrey Cornelius
Visual Directory: Constellations By Geoffrey Cornelius
Sacred Alignments By Paul Devereux
Paperback, 176 pages, Published by Chronicle Books, Publication date: June 1, 1996, Dimensions (in inches): 9.27 x 8.52 x .55
The megalith builders - Euan Mackie
Megalithic architecture and astronomy and an argument for the introduction of megalithic science to the British Isles from abroadPrehistoric Astronomy and Ritual - Aubrey Burl
Paperback - 56 pages (March 1983), Shire Publications Ltd;
Megalithic sites in Britain - A Thom
The book that introduced the Megafithic Yard and archaeoastronomy to the archaeological world. Excellent. Borrow it from the library.Martin Brennan - The Stones of Time: Calendars, Sundials and Stone Chambers of Ancient Ireland
Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont, 1994.
Reprint of The Stars and The Stones , Thames and Hudson, London, 1983.
Science and society in prehistoric Britain - Euan Mackie
Post-Thom study of megalithic monument design and ancient astronomySun, moon and standing stones - John Edwin Wood
Archaeoastronomy with much mathematical detail. Pretty definitiveMegaliths, myths and men - Peter Lancaster Brown
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