Megalithic lunar observatories
An Astronomer's View
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3780752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas C Heggie (0000-0002-1910-4630, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 181 |
| Pages | 43-48 |
| Publication date | 1972-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00053138 |
| OpenAlex | W2221491516 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Although several studies along broadly similar lines have been attempted by other authors in the past, it will benefit any archaeologist approaching the work of Professor A. Thom for the first time to do so with a fresh mind. What is new about Thom's approach to this subject, which many astronomers find equally absorbing, is the care that has evidently been bestowed in the measurement of the sites themselves, the attention to detail that characterizes the reduction of this data, and finally the great volume of source material which, in his books and other writings, he has put at the disposal of others. Previous work seems by comparison to have been of lower accuracy and restricted to at most a few sites, of which Stonehenge figures most frequently
Archaeology · Art history · Astronomer · Library science · Megalith · Physics · Subject (documents) · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History · History and Developments in Astronomy
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1973 - 2002 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |