Orientation of Prehistoric Monuments in Britain: A Reassessment

Reassesses major axial alignment at many megalithic ritual and funerary monuments (Neolithic to Bronze Age) in Britain and Ireland, not in terms of abstract astronomical concerns, but as an expression of repeated seasonal propitiation involving community, agrarian economy and ancestry in an attempt to mitigate variable environmental conditions.

• | : Alistair Marshall
• | Publisher: Archaeopress
• | Publication Date: Jul 08, 2021
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 704 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1789697050
• | ISBN-13: 9781789697056