Professor Challenger and his lost Neolithic world : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy /: the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Euan W. MacKie.
• Authors: MacKie, Euan Wallace
• Contents: Foreword – Dr Doug MacKie ; Preface ; Chapter 1 The origins of the controversy ; Chapter 2 Early hypothesis-testing in western Scotland ; Chapter 3 Decisive tests in Orkney and Ireland ; Chapter 4 Research into Alexander Thom's fieldwork ; Chapter 5 The probable astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge ; Chapter 6 The Neolithic solar calendar, as seen on a kerb stone at Knowth, Ireland ; Chapter 7 Current aspects of the research situation ; Appendix Is there plausible evidence that the Ness of Brodgar priesthood had any esoteric knowledge? ; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 936.01; Neolithic period -- Great Britain; Monuments -- Great Britain -- History; Archaeoastronomy -- Great Britain
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784918347
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 1, 2021).
• Access Rights: Open access.
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.