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Sky and Landscape
The ancient landscape of Britain is a subject of fascination to many
people. They love to visit stone circles and rows, passage mounds and
dolmens and individual standing stones whose purpose now seems mysterious
and inexplicable.
The academic subject of archaeoastronomy developed from a desire to
understand these fascinating sites. Its aim is to examine their carefully
chosen locations from the point of view of the movements of the sun and
moon as seen from earth.
However, there are no simple basic introductory books for people
interested in the subject. Most of the literature is presented in a
difficult and complex manner, especially for the non-scientist. Yet the
ideas about the relationship of sky and landscape are natural and obvious
when once they are pointed out.
The aim of Sky and Landscape is to solve this problem by
running courses which start at the beginning and assume no prior knowledge of archaeology
or astronomy. These course are designed to give people practical knowledge about how to
approach a prehistoric site, what to look for in the surrounding landscape
and how to obtain the compass directions and other information needed for
people to start their own investigations and discoveries.
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PRESS: STOP PRESS: STOP PRESS
NEW ARTICLE BY ROBIN HEATH
ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN STONEHENGE BLUESTONE
SHOCK
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here
NEW STONE CIRCLE DISCOVERED
ON LUNDY : Click
here
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