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Автор: John North
Издательство: HarperCollins
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STONEHENGE ASTRONOMY—A HISTORICAL PROLOGUE

       First Reports

       Stonehenge and the First Calculators

       Symbolism on a Grand Scale

       The Coming of the Theodolite

       10 STONEHENGE—AN INVENTORY

       Banks and Ditch

       Timber Posts and Rings. Post Holes A

       The Aubrey Holes

       Bluestones in the Q- and R-Holes

       Stone 97 and the Heel Stone (96) and its Ditch

       The Avenue

       Stones B and C, and the Hollow

       The Sarsen Trilithons

       The Ring of Sarsens

       Stone Holes D, E and the Ditch Stone

       The Station Stones (91–94)

       The Altar Stone (80)

       The Slaughter Stone (95) and Holes D and E again

       The Extant Bluestone Circle

       The Bluestone Horseshoe

       The History of the Dressed Bluestones

       The Y- and Z-Holes

       11 THE FIRST THREE STONEHENGES

       The Q-R Henge

       Reversible Alignments

       The Levels of the Sarsen Trilithons and Circle

       The Geometry of the Sarsen Pillars

       The Geometry of Obscuration

       The Blocking of Rays through the Q- and R-Circles

       Sarsen Ring and Midwinter Sun

       Altar Stone and Midwinter Sun

       Geometers, Engineers and Astronomers

       The Sarsen Ring and Midsummer?

       The Sarsen Ring and the Moon

       The Moon and the Stone Stations

       The Trilithons

       The Trilithons—an Independent Monument?

       The Geometrical Design

       A Chronological Summary

       12 LOZENGE AND CALENDAR

       The Lozenge Motif

       Bush Barrow

       The Bush Barrow Lozenge Was Not a Calendar

       The Lozenge as Geometrical Construct

       The Lozenge as Symbol

       13 RITUAL AND BELIEF

       Tokens of Religion

       Signs of a Priesthood?

       The Objects of Worship

       Myth, Explanation and Logic

       Solar Symbols

       High Places

       Sun, Moon and Sacrifice

       The Cult of the Ox

       Prejudice and Principle

       APPENDIX 1—Radiocarbon Dating

       APPENDIX 2—The Astronomical Framework

       APPENDIX 3—Tables of Directions

       APPENDIX 4—Heliacal Rising and Setting

       APPENDIX 5—The Rising and Setting of Venus

       APPENDIX 6—Alignment in Later Religions

       FOOTNOTES

       BIBLIOGRAPHY

       INDEX

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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