The Stones and the Stars Building Scotland's Newest Megalith /

There are at least 48 identified prehistoric stone circles in Scotland. �In truth, very little is known about the people who erected them, and ultimately about what the stone circles were for. �Most stone circles are astronomically aligned, which has led to the modern debate over the significance of...

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Main Author: Lunan, Duncan. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Astronomers' Universe,
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5354-3
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505 0 # |a Preface -- Part I: Background to the Controversy -- Chapter 1: Archaeologists vs. Astronomers -- Chapter 2: Now You See It, Now You Don't -- Chapter 3: Ancient Astronomy Around the World -- Chapter 4: Archaeoastronomy in the British Isles -- Part II: A Stone Circle for Glasgow -- Chapter 5: Layout and Location -- Chapter 6: Selecting the Stones -- Chapter 7: Operation Megalithic Lift -- Chapter 8: Events on Site -- Chapter 9: Archaeoastronomy from the Air -- Chapter 10: The Circle, Present, and Future -- Glossary -- Index. 
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