List of archaeoastronomical sites by country

This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.

Clive Ruggles and Michel Cotte recently edited a book on heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy that provides a list of the main archaeoastronomical sites around the world.[1]

Armenia

Australia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Canada

Colombia

China

Egypt

Finland

France

Germany

Golan Heights

Guatemala

Honduras

Indonesia

India

For a full list see the chapter on India in the ICOMOS book edited by Clive Ruggles and Michel Cotte.[12][13] These sites include:

J.M. Malville and Rana P.B. Singh have done much work on the archaeoastronomy of sacred sites in India.[14][15]

Iran

Ireland

Israeli-occupied territories

See section "Golan Heights" above.

Italy

Kenya

Korea

Republic of Macedonia

Malta

Mexico

Netherlands

Pakistan

Peru

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Syria

See section "Golan Heights" above.

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

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References

  1. Clive Ruggles and Michel Cotte (ed.), Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy. ICOMOS and IAU, Paris, 2010.
  2. Australian Aboriginal Astronomy at the CSIRO site. Accessed on 2009-08-02.
  3. Norris, R.P.; Norris, P.M.; Hamacher, D.W.; Abrahams, R. (2013). "Wurdi Youang: an Australian Aboriginal stone arrangement with possible solar indications". Rock Art Research 30 (1): 55–65.
  4. The Magura Cave Prehistoric Paintings Dating Back to 10,000 BC
  5. Time Life Lost Civilizations series: Southeast Asia: A Past Regained (1995) p.93-4
  6. Zhentao Xu; David William Pankenier; Yaoting Jing (2000). East Asian Archaeoastronomy: Historical Records of Astronomical Observations of China, Japan and Korea. CRC Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-90-5699-302-3.
  7. Alberto Siliotti, Egypt: temples, people, gods,1994
  8. Ania Skliar, Grosse kulturen der welt-Ägypten, 2005
  9. Okkonen, J. & Ridderstad, M. 2009: Jätinkirkkojen aurinkosuuntauksia; in Ei kiveäkään kääntämättä, Juhlakirja Pentti Koivuselle, pp. 129-136.
  10. Tähdet ja Avaruus, Ursa astronomical assosiacion's magazine 4 / 2009 p.15
  11. Rohde, Claudia: Kalender in der Urgeschichte. Fakten und Fiktion, Rahden 2012
  12. Clive Ruggles and Michel Cotte (ed.), Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy. ICOMOS and IAU, Paris, 2010.
  13. Subhash Kak, Archaeoastronomy in India. arXiv:1002.4513v2
  14. J.M. Malville and L.M. Gujral, Ancient Cities, Sacred Skies. New Delhi, 2000.
  15. Rana P.B. Singh, Cosmic Order and Cultural Astronomy. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009.
  16. http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/newgrange/illumination.html
  17. Anthony Aveni, Stairway to the Stars: Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997) 135-138 ISBN 0-471-15942-5
  18. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/latest-news/maya-zenith-passage-vin/
  19. Langbroek M., Huilen naar de maan. Een verkennend onderzoek naar de orientaties van Nederlandse hunebedden. P.I.T. 1:2 (1999), 8-13
  20. A History of Britain, Richard Dargie (2007), p. 12.
  21. http://www.hao.ucar.edu/education/archeoslides/slide_14.php
  22. http://www.hao.ucar.edu/education/archeoslides/slide_5.php
  23. http://www.hao.ucar.edu/education/archeoslides/slide_18.php
  24. Newark Earthworks
  25. http://nmspacetrail.com/sites/02wallys/index.html