Clive Ruggles

Archaeoastronomy

… is the study of beliefs and practices relating to the sky in the past, especially in prehistory, and the uses to which people's know- ledge of the skies was put.

     
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Books

Springer Handbook (2014):

 

Ocarina Books publishes and distributes books relating to archaeo- and ethnoastronomy

Publications

       

This list of my books and selected papers and articles contains links and downloadable copies where available.

Article Index

Selected papers and articles

     

The IAU–UNESCO “Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative” and the Pic-du-Midi Observatory. In Thierry Montmerle and Danielle Fauque (eds.), Astronomers as Diplomats: When the IAU Builds Bridges Between Nations, Springer, New York (2022), pp.485–499.

 

   

(With Mike Parker Pearson, Josh Pollard, Colin Richards, Kate Welham, Timothy Kinnaird, Aayush Srivastava, Chris Casswell, Dave Shaw, Ellen Simmons, Adam Stanford, Richard Bevins, Rob Ixer, Jim Rylatt and Kevan Edinborough) How Waun Mawn stone circle was designed and built, and when the Bluestones arrived at Stonehenge: a response to Darvill
. Antiquity, 96 (2022), 1530–1537.

 

     

(With Amanda Chadburn, Matt Leivers and Andrew Smith) A possible new solstitial sightline in the Stonehenge landscape. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 7 (2021), 144–156.

 

   

(With Mike Parker Pearson, Josh Pollard, Colin Richards, Kate Welham, Timothy Kinnaird, Dave Shaw, Ellen Simmons, Adam Stanford, Richard Bevins, Rob Ixer, Jim Rylatt and Kevan Edinborough) The original Stonehenge? A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of West Wales. Antiquity, 95 (2021), 85–103.

 

   

(With Matt Leivers and Amanda Chadburn) A new midsummer alignment near Stonehenge. British Archaeology, no. 176 (2021), 8–9.

 

 

Cultural astronomy and cultural heritage: a global perspective. In Peigín Doyle, Pathways to the Cosmos: The Alignment of Megalithic Tombs in Ireland and Atlantic Europe, Wordwell, Dublin (2020), pp. 122–137. (Scripted by Peigín Doyle from a presentation at a conference at Dublin Castle in 2018.)

 

   

(With Patrick V. Kirch and Alan Carpenter) Kukuipahu: a unique Hawaiian monumental structure utilizing cut-and-dressed stone masonry. Rapa Nui Journal, 32(1/2) (2020), 37–57.

 

   

The orientation of the Stonehenge avenue and its implications. In Mike Parker Pearson et al. (eds), Stonehenge for the Ancestors. Part 1: Landscape and Monuments, Sidestone Press, London (2020), pp. 463–465.

 

 

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Astronomical heritage

Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy

Read more on the UNESCO–IAU Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy and about astronomical heritage in general

Free downloads

ICOMOS–IAU Thematic Studies on Astronomical Heritage

No. 1 (2010): See here for more information or click here to download a copy directly (46 Mb)

No. 2 (2017): See here for more information or click here to download a copy (19 Mb)

 

Astronomical World Heritage

 

Download a copy of an article published in A&G (Aug 2019 issue)

Stonehenge and Ancient Astronomy

 

Download a copy of the Royal Astronomical Society’s factsheet

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