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Author North, John David.

Title Stonehenge : a new interpretation of prehistoric man and the cosmos / John North.

Publication Info. New York : Free Press, [1996]
©1996

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  936.2319 NORTH    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  936.23 N865S    Check Shelf
Description xliv, 609 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents The long barrows -- Cursus and enclosure -- Stars in chalk -- Sun and moon -- Avenue and row -- Treehenge and Aubrey Circle -- The Great Treehenges -- Stonehenge astronomy -- a historical prologue -- Stonehenge -- an inventory -- The rirst three Stonehenges -- Lozenge and calendar -- Ritual and belief -- Radiocarbon dating -- The astronomical framework -- Tables of directions -- Heliacal rising and setting -- The rising and setting of Venus -- Alignment in later religions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [585]-596) and index.
Subject Megalithic monuments -- England -- Wiltshire.
Prehistoric peoples -- England -- Wiltshire.
Astronomy, Ancient.
Stonehenge (England)
Wiltshire (England) -- Antiquities.
ISBN 0684845121
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