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ОглавлениеCONTENTS
Neolithic Chamber-Tombs—an Introduction
First Thoughts on the Taper of Long Barrows
The Orientation of Long Barrows
Frame and Form at Wayland’s Smithy
West Kennet and its Star Chambers
The West Kennet Neighbourhood. Silbury Hill
Beckhampton Road. Stars and the Sun
Skendleby: Giants’ Hills 1 and 2. Stars and Sun
Hazleton North and Burn Ground—Cotswold–Severn Long Cairns
Windmill Hill and Barrow Rings
The Two Stonehenge Cursus and their Dorset Precursor
The Probable Evolution of the Dorset Cursus
Long Barrows, Territories and Totems
The Coombe Bissett Parallelogram
The Wilmington Long Man and Neighbouring Barrows
The History of the Long Man and his Staves
The Bledlow and Whiteleaf Crosses
The Seasons: an Astronomical Sketch
Risings and Settings of the Sun and Moon
Some Examples of Extremes of Rising and Setting
The Stone Rows. Tracks across Dartmoor
The Avenues near Avebury: Introduction
The Principle of Tangent and Centre
Long Barrow, Cursus, Avenue and Row
Barrow Rings in the Low Countries
Harenermolen and the Counting of Holes
Harenermolen: Symmetries and the Spacings of Rings
Probable Styles of Observation Using Posts
Harenermolen: Alignments in Both Rings
The Earliest Stonehenge Structures
Ditch, Bank, Treehenge and Aubrey Holes
The Aubrey Holes and Normanton Down Tracks
Post Numbers as a Guide to Events
Woodhenge: the Supernumerary Posts
Woodhenge: the Third Dimension
Woodhenge: the Integration of Sun and Moon
Durrington Walls: the Constant Horizon
Durrington Walls: the Dimensions of the Posts
Durrington Walls: the Southern ‘Façade’
Durrington Walls: the Four-Posters and Post Rows
Mount Pleasant: Alignments on Stars
Mount Pleasant: the Glare of the Sky
9 STONEHENGE ASTRONOMY—A HISTORICAL PROLOGUE
Stonehenge and the First Calculators
Timber Posts and Rings. Post Holes A
Bluestones in the Q- and R-Holes
Stone 97 and the Heel Stone (96) and its Ditch
Stones B and C, and the Hollow
Stone Holes D, E and the Ditch Stone
The Slaughter Stone (95) and Holes D and E again
The History of the Dressed Bluestones
11 THE FIRST THREE STONEHENGES
The Levels of the Sarsen Trilithons and Circle
The Geometry of the Sarsen Pillars
The Blocking of Rays through the Q- and R-Circles
Geometers, Engineers and Astronomers
The Sarsen Ring and Midsummer?
The Moon and the Stone Stations
The Trilithons—an Independent Monument?
The Bush Barrow Lozenge Was Not a Calendar
The Lozenge as Geometrical Construct
APPENDIX 2—The Astronomical Framework
APPENDIX 3—Tables of Directions
APPENDIX 4—Heliacal Rising and Setting
APPENDIX 5—The Rising and Setting of Venus
