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.

     
Journals

   
Professional bodies


Free software tools

Basic declination calculator

 

HORIZON
by Andrew Smith


See the Tools page for more info


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.

Nā Inoa Hōkū published

 

This is an extensively revised and extended version of Nā Inoa Hōkū: Hawaiian and Pacific star names, first published in 1975 by Hawaiian scholars Rubellite Johnson and John Mahelona and still widely regarded as a definitive source of reference for anyone studying the use of astronomy in Polynesian voyaging as well as the nature and development of Hawaiian ritual and calendrical practices. This new edition includes new translations of many key original Hawaiian sources from the mid-19th century onwards.

 

Published in August 2015, Nā Inoa Hōku is available from the University of Hawai‘i Press world-wide apart from Europe, where it can be ordered from Oxbow/Casemate. See the Ocarina Books website for further details.

New orientation data for the Giza Plateau, Egypt

A paper presenting new basic data concerning the orientation of the three great pyramids and associated structures on the Giza Plateau has appeared in the August 2014 issue of Journal for the History of Astronomy.

 

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

Alice Ruggles Trust

If you are looking for things related to Alice and/or information about stalking, please visit the Alice Ruggles Trust website

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