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.

Archaeoastronomy resources

 

Reference books

 

 

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

 

 

Ancient Astronomy: an Encyclopaedia of Cosmologies and Myth
is intended for a wider general readership. With over 200 entries it includes a broad selection of case studies worldwide, critical assessments of a range of facts and theories, and jargon-free explanations of basic concepts.

See here for a list of the topics covered

 

Talks and interviews available on-line

 

Cultural value of the night sky

 

Clive speaks on-line to the Australasian Dark Sky Alliance on the Cultural Value of the Night Sky (Sep 2021)

 

Stonehenge and the moon

 

A piece recorded for the BBC’s Sky at Night programme, Solstice episode from Stonehenge shown on BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4 in July 2013

 

 

Archaeoastronomy

 

Radio Nacional de España in association with the British Council, 9 Oct 2012 (in English)

 

 

Archaeoastronomy

 

Radio New Zealand National, 13 June 2012

 

Archival course materials

An undergraduate-level learning resource: course materials from the AR3015 Introduction to Archaeoastronomy course that ran at Leicester until 2003

 
These archival resources were held on a back-up server at Leicester University and are no longer available. However, a transcript (text part only) put together by Richard Bartosz can be seen here.

 

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 side-panel.

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