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Records in Stone: Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom

Records in Stone: Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom

Ruggles, Clive
Ruggles, C. L. N.

Paperback

Series: Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom

Technology & EngineeringSports General

ISBN10: 0521531306
ISBN13: 9780521531306
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 13 2003
Pages: 540
Weight: 2.08
Height: 1.19 Width: 7.46 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
Professor Alexander Thom, who died in 1985, was a distinguished engineer. Independently of his 'mainstream' academic career, he developed a deep and active interest in the prehistoric megalithic sites of Britain and Brittany, visiting and surveying many hundreds of them over a period of forty years. Thom's interpretations of the field data have aroused strong interest and some intense controversy. The main areas of debate are: geometry (the methods used to set out the megalithic rings, many of which appear to be non-circular); mensuration (the possible use of 'standard' units of measurement in setting out rings and rows); and astronomy (the connection between structures aligned upon the horizon and the rising and setting positions of the sun, moon or stars).

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