A Little History of Astro-Archaeology: Stages in the Transformation of a Heresy: Stages in the transfromation of a heresy - Brossura

Michell, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0500275572 ISBN 13: 9780500275573

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 1989

Riassunto

Stonehenge today is a battlefield, not only for police and festivalgoers at midsummer but also for rival camps of archaeologists, astronomers, and other researchers into the mysteries of prehistoric religion and science. Controversy flared up in 1963, when Gerald Hawkins made early use of the computer to identify Stonehenge as an observatory for the sun and moon and an instrument for predicting eclipses. Further studies of megalithic sites by Alexander Thom proved that many of them were also related to the seasonal positions of the heavenly bodies. The study of astro-archaeology has now expanded worldwide, bringing new revelations about the mystical sciences of antiquity. This "little history" summarizes the issues involved in astro-archaeology, and illustrates its principal sites and personalities. Included are recent findings of British scientists, whose records of anomalous levels of natural energies at stone circles are in accordance with the magical reputations of such places in local folklore. The present state of research and the exciting prospects for astro-archaeology in the future are summed up in the final chapter. 97 b/w illustrations. Previously published under the title Secrets of the Stones.

Su questo libro

Product Description:

Little History of Astro-Archaeology, A

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0500275572
• ISBN 13: 9780500275573
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128