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Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / / Euan W. MacKie ; [with a foreword by Doug MacKie]
| Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / / Euan W. MacKie ; [with a foreword by Doug MacKie] |
| Autore | MacKie Euan Wallace |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans (black & white) |
| Disciplina | 936.1 |
| Collana | Access Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeoastronomy
Astronomy Megalithic monuments - Scotland Neolithic period - Scotland |
| ISBN | 1-78491-834-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents -- ; Chapter 1: The origins of the controversy -- ; 1.1. Thom's hypotheses -- ; 1.2. Methods of approach -- ; 1.3. Archaeological reaction to Thom's major publications in the 1960s and 1970s -- ; Chapter 2: Early hypothesis-testing in western Scotland -- ; 2.1. The Kintraw standing stone -- ; 2.2. The Cultoon stone circle on Islay -- ; 2.3. The stone circle in North Uist – Sornach Coir Fhinn -- ; 2.4. Brainport Bay, Argyll -- ; Chapter 3: Decisive tests in Orkney and Ireland -- ; 3.1. Introduction -- ; 3.2. Decisive tests in Orkney -- ; 3.3. Newgrange, Ireland -- 3.4. Maeshowe chambered cairn, Orkney -- ; 3.5. Ness of Brodgar (ceremonial centre) -- ; 3.6. A 'Beltane line'? -- ; 3.7. Julius Caesar's evidence -- ; 3.8. The Survey of the Ring of Brodgar -- ; Chapter 4: Research into Alexander Thom's fieldwork -- ; 4.1. Background and the work of Alexander Thom -- ; 4.2. Early reaction from British archaeology -- ; 4.3. Testing the Thom hypotheses -- ; 4.4. Reaction against Thom -- ; 4.5. Clive Ruggles test of the long alignment hypothesis -- ; 4.6. Further points about orientations and alignments -- ; 4.7. Evidence for anti-Thom prejudice -- ; 4.8. What kind of astronomical alignments would Neolithic wise men invent? -- ; 4.9. Ruggles' and Barclay's criticism of the author's views -- ; 4.10. Archaeological evidence for chiefdoms -- ; 4.11. The skills of the priesthood -- ; 4.12. Modern and ancient alignments and orientations -- ; Chapter 5: The probable astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge -- ; 5.1. The astronomy of Stonehenge: modern studies -- ; 5.2. A new look at the astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge -- ; 5.3. Conclusions -- ; 5.4. Other modern opinions -- ; 5.5. Appendix --
; Chapter 6: The Neolithic solar calendar, as seen on a kerb stone at Knowth, Ireland -- ; 6.1. Introduction -- ; 6.2. Independent evidence discovered at Knowth chambered cairn in Ireland -- ; 6.3. Is the Knowth fan-shaped pattern a calendar? -- ; 6.4. The fan-shaped design at Knowth -- Thomas' interpretation -- ; 6.5. A fresh look at the Knowth 'fan' -- ; 6.6. Conclusions concerning K15 -- ; Chapter 7: Current aspects of the research situation -- ; 7.1. A PhD thesis in 2016 -- ; 7.2. 'Inside the Neolithic mind: consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods' (Lewis-Williams and Pearce - 2005) -- ; 7.3. 'The Materiality of the Sky (2014)'. Proceedings of the 22nd annual SEAC conference in Malta in 2014 (edited by Fabio Silva, Kim Malville, Tore Lomsdalen and Frank Ventura) -- ; 7.4. Archaeoastronomy: the Journal of the Center for Archaeoastronomy -- ; 7.5. Astronomy before the telescope (edited by Christopher Walker - 1996) -- ; 7.6. The author's academic training -- ; 7.7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Is there plausible evidence that the Ness of Brodgar priesthood had any esoteric knowledge? -- ; A. Introduction -- ; B. Methodology -- ; C. Five standing stone sites that already look promising from visual inspection, plus one which turned out to be a dud -- ; D. Orientations of Buildings -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794796903321 |
MacKie Euan Wallace
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| Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / / Euan W. MacKie ; [with a foreword by Doug MacKie]
| Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / / Euan W. MacKie ; [with a foreword by Doug MacKie] |
| Autore | MacKie Euan Wallace |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans (black & white) |
| Disciplina | 936.1 |
| Collana | Access Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeoastronomy
Astronomy Megalithic monuments - Scotland Neolithic period - Scotland |
| ISBN | 1-78491-834-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents -- ; Chapter 1: The origins of the controversy -- ; 1.1. Thom's hypotheses -- ; 1.2. Methods of approach -- ; 1.3. Archaeological reaction to Thom's major publications in the 1960s and 1970s -- ; Chapter 2: Early hypothesis-testing in western Scotland -- ; 2.1. The Kintraw standing stone -- ; 2.2. The Cultoon stone circle on Islay -- ; 2.3. The stone circle in North Uist – Sornach Coir Fhinn -- ; 2.4. Brainport Bay, Argyll -- ; Chapter 3: Decisive tests in Orkney and Ireland -- ; 3.1. Introduction -- ; 3.2. Decisive tests in Orkney -- ; 3.3. Newgrange, Ireland -- 3.4. Maeshowe chambered cairn, Orkney -- ; 3.5. Ness of Brodgar (ceremonial centre) -- ; 3.6. A 'Beltane line'? -- ; 3.7. Julius Caesar's evidence -- ; 3.8. The Survey of the Ring of Brodgar -- ; Chapter 4: Research into Alexander Thom's fieldwork -- ; 4.1. Background and the work of Alexander Thom -- ; 4.2. Early reaction from British archaeology -- ; 4.3. Testing the Thom hypotheses -- ; 4.4. Reaction against Thom -- ; 4.5. Clive Ruggles test of the long alignment hypothesis -- ; 4.6. Further points about orientations and alignments -- ; 4.7. Evidence for anti-Thom prejudice -- ; 4.8. What kind of astronomical alignments would Neolithic wise men invent? -- ; 4.9. Ruggles' and Barclay's criticism of the author's views -- ; 4.10. Archaeological evidence for chiefdoms -- ; 4.11. The skills of the priesthood -- ; 4.12. Modern and ancient alignments and orientations -- ; Chapter 5: The probable astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge -- ; 5.1. The astronomy of Stonehenge: modern studies -- ; 5.2. A new look at the astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge -- ; 5.3. Conclusions -- ; 5.4. Other modern opinions -- ; 5.5. Appendix --
; Chapter 6: The Neolithic solar calendar, as seen on a kerb stone at Knowth, Ireland -- ; 6.1. Introduction -- ; 6.2. Independent evidence discovered at Knowth chambered cairn in Ireland -- ; 6.3. Is the Knowth fan-shaped pattern a calendar? -- ; 6.4. The fan-shaped design at Knowth -- Thomas' interpretation -- ; 6.5. A fresh look at the Knowth 'fan' -- ; 6.6. Conclusions concerning K15 -- ; Chapter 7: Current aspects of the research situation -- ; 7.1. A PhD thesis in 2016 -- ; 7.2. 'Inside the Neolithic mind: consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods' (Lewis-Williams and Pearce - 2005) -- ; 7.3. 'The Materiality of the Sky (2014)'. Proceedings of the 22nd annual SEAC conference in Malta in 2014 (edited by Fabio Silva, Kim Malville, Tore Lomsdalen and Frank Ventura) -- ; 7.4. Archaeoastronomy: the Journal of the Center for Archaeoastronomy -- ; 7.5. Astronomy before the telescope (edited by Christopher Walker - 1996) -- ; 7.6. The author's academic training -- ; 7.7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Is there plausible evidence that the Ness of Brodgar priesthood had any esoteric knowledge? -- ; A. Introduction -- ; B. Methodology -- ; C. Five standing stone sites that already look promising from visual inspection, plus one which turned out to be a dud -- ; D. Orientations of Buildings -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821798303321 |
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MacKie Euan Wallace
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| Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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