Astronomy in prehistoric Britain and Ireland
By: Clive Ruggles.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Astronomy, Prehistoric -- Great Britain; Astronomy, Prehistoric -- Ireland; Megalithic monuments -- Great Britain; Megalithic monuments -- Ireland; Great Britain -- Antiquities; Ireland -- Antiquities
Description: "Do prehistoric stone monuments in Britain and Ireland incorporate deliberate astronomical alignments, and if so, what is their purpose and meaning? Here, for the first time this topic, a subject of long-standing controversy between astronomers and archaeologists, is approached from a perspective that incorporates both disciplines."--BOOK JACKET.

"The author establishes the importance of studies of astronomy in the context of broader questions of cosmology, ideology, and cognition that are of central interest to prehistorians at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He also makes clear the necessity of multi-disciplinary perspectives in tackling problems of this nature."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.