Image collection
Leicester University Archive
This archival collection of c. 1100 images of archaeological and archaeoastronomical interest has been available on-line since 1995. Thousands of new images will gradually be made available on this new site in the coming months.
Publications
This list of books and selected papers and articles contains links and downloadable copies where available.
Free downloads
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Stonehenge and Ancient Astronomy
Download a copy of the Royal Astronomical Society’s factsheet |
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Astronomical Heritage
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Desert labyrinthA paper published in the December 2012 issue of Antiquity describes a previously undocumented geoglyph in the Nazca desert, Peru. This 4.4km-long labyrinth was originally discovered by Clive in 1984, relocated and surveyed 20 years later, and is now interpreted by integrating the scientific data and conclusions drawn from the first-hand experience of walking it.
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Archaeoastronomy
… is the study of beliefs and practices relating to the sky in the past, especially in prehistory, and the uses to which people's know- ledge of the skies was put.
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Forthcoming meetings
SEAC 2013, Athens, Greece
SEAC 2014, Valetta, Malta
Resources
These archival resources are held at Leicester University. We plan to update them in due course on this new site.
Books
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Ocarina Books publishes and distributes books relating to archaeo- and ethnoastronomy |
