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
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HORIZON |
See the Tools page for more info
Books
Springer Handbook (2014):
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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.
Archaeoastronomy resources
Reference books
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The Springer Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy is aimed at academic readers and researchers regardless of their disciplinary expertise, but is also accessible to students and serious general readers. It provides a definitive picture of the state of art of research in this field, and is a reliable and wide-ranging source regarding theory, method, interpretation, and best practice. See here for a full list of contents |
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Ancient Astronomy: an Encyclopaedia of Cosmologies and Myth See here for a list of the topics covered |
Talks and interviews available on-line
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A piece recorded for the BBC’s Sky at Night programme, Solstice episode from Stonehenge shown on BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4 in July 2013 |
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Radio Nacional de España in association with the British Council, 9 Oct 2012 (in English) |
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Radio New Zealand National, 13 June 2012 |
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Archival course materials
These archival resources are held on a back-up server at Leicester University and are non-editable. They are provided here for information purposes only, with due apologies for obsolete information and broken links. I have no intention of removing them in the foreseeable future, but if the University withdraws the server in question I will attempt to reduplicate them elsewhere.
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An undergraduate-level learning resource: course materials from the AR3015 Introduction to Archaeoastronomy course that ran at Leicester until 2003. |
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A transcript of the above course materials (text part only), available as a downloadable PDF. My thanks to Richard Bartosz for putting this together. |
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Archaeoastronomy: the Journal of Astronomy in Culture
This was one of the main journals in the discipline between 1977 and 2015. For information on other journals see the panel on the right. |
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
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No. 1 (2010): See here for more information or click here to download a copy directly (46 Mb) |
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No. 2 (2017): See here for more information or click here to download a copy (19 Mb) |
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Stonehenge and Ancient Astronomy
Download a copy of the Royal Astronomical Society’s factsheet |
Alice Ruggles Trust
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