Stonehenge and Avebury: Megalithic shadow casting at the solstices at sunrise
The paper examines how specific megaliths at Stonehenge and Avebury were positioned relative to others and to particular sunrises such as to produce watchable effects arising from solar movement and resulting lithic shadows. At Stonehenge and environs numerous research expeditions (exceeding 120 tha...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lithic Studies |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1920 |