Archaeoastronomy and the alleged “Stonehenge calendar”

DOI
10.15184/aqy.2023.33
Magli, G.; Belmonte J.A.
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Antiquity

Fecha de publicación:
6
2023
Número de autores
2
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas referidas
0
Descripción
In a recent Antiquity article, Darvill (2022) proposed that the mid third-millennium BC Stage 2 sarsen settings of Stonehenge (comprising the Trilithon Horseshoe, Sarsen Circle and the Station Stone Rectangle) were conceived in order to represent a calendar year of 365.25 days—that is, a calendar identical in duration to the Julian calendar. In the present article, the authors argue that this proposal is unsubstantiated, being based as it is on a combination of numerology, astronomical error and unsupported analogy.
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Arqueoastronomía

Este Proyecto tiene como objetivo fundamental determinar la importancia de la astronomía como parte integrante de la cultura y de la civilización desde el Paleolítico a nuestros días. El interés del grupo se centra, en especial, en los pueblos del antiguo ámbito Mediterráneo desde el Atlántico al Oriente Medio, con una dedicación especial a España

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Belmonte Avilés
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Sistema Solar y Sistemas Planetarios (SEYSS)

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