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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Puesta de sol en el equinoccio de primavera en los Obeliscos del Jabal Madbah, en la antigua Petra
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
Juan Antonio
Belmonte Avilés
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Sistema Solar y Sistemas Planetarios (SEYSS)

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