نجوم و جامعه در بریتانیا در دوره ۴۰۰۰-۱۵۰۰ قبل از میلاد

Megalithic Lunar Observatories / A.s. Thom -- Decoding The Callanish Complex / Margaret And Gerald Ponting -- Wise Men In Antiquity? / Euan W. Mackie -- A Critical Examination Of The Megalithic Lunar Observatories / Clive Ruggles -- A Reassessment Of The Solstitial Observatories At Kintraw And Ballachroy / Jon Patrick -- Some Archaeological And Astronomical Objections To Scientific Astronomy In British Prehistory / Gordon Moir -- By The Light Of The Cinerary Moon / Aubrey Burl -- Ethnoastronomy / I.j. Thorpe -- Some Notes On Work Organisation And Society In Prehistoric Wessex / Bill Startin And Richard Bradley -- Later Neolithic Society In Britain / Alasdair Whittle. Edited By C.l.n. Ruggles & A.w.r. Whittle. Includes Bibliographies. Cover Page Copyright Page Tables of Contents Preface List of Contributors Introduction: Astronomical Practices in Prehistoric Britain 1. Megalithic lunar observatories: an assessment of 42 lunar alignments 2. Decoding the Callanish complex-some initial results 3. Wise men in antiquity? 4. A critical examination of the megalithic lunar observatories 5. A reassessment of the solstitial observaroties at Kintraw and Ballochroy 6. Some archaeological and astronomical objections to scientific astronomy in British prehistory 7. “By the light of the cinerary moon”: Chambered tombs and the atronomy of death 8. Ethnoastonomy: its patterns and archaeological implications 9. Some notes on work organisation and society in prehistoric Wessex 10. Later Neolothic society in Britain: a realignment