Tradition 28 of 33
Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy
Megalithic monuments, stone circles, standing stones, dolmens, henges, ancient observatories, and archaeological study of astronomy and celestial alignments.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 933
- Earliest
- 1621
- to 2026
- Read free
- 17%
- 161 with public full text
- With covers
- 35%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match868
- Metadata match8
- Query match57
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Megalithic monuments300
- Antiquities259
- Archaeoastronomy114
- Stone circles101
- Dolmens98
- History98
- Archaeology70
- Druids and druidism50
- Monumentos megalíticos47
- Neolithic period45
- Social Sciences42
- 巨石記念物40
- Archeology38
- Arts and Humanities37
- Tombs36
- Excavations (Archaeology)35
- Megality35
- Monuments mégalithiques34
- Megalith32
- Geography31
- Great Britain29
- Physical Sciences29
- Prehistoric peoples29
- Paleontology27
Top languages
- English455 · 49%
- French105 · 11%
- Japanese53 · 6%
- German47 · 5%
- Chinese42 · 5%
Notable authors
All authors- Aubrey Burl16 books
- Anthony F. Aveni9 in this tradition10 books
- 鹿角市教育委員会9 books
- Christopher Scarre7 books
- Alexander Thom6 books
- Richard Bradley5 in this tradition6 books
- John Smith4 in this tradition18 books
- James Fergusson4 in this tradition5 books
- Alfred Watkins4 books
- Bettina Schulz Paulsson4 books
- Christopher Y. Tilley4 books
- Ferran Lagarda i Mata4 books
933 books
The Dolmen Press
Maurice Harmon
2001
The Megalithic European
Julian Cope
2004
The Monument Builders (The Emergence of Man)
Robert Wernick, Time-Life Books
1973
The Star Mirror
Mark Vidler
1999
The Stonehenge people
Rodney Castleden
1987
The Stones and the Stars Astronomers Universe
Duncan Lunan
2012
The ancient stones speak
David D. Zink
1979
The archaeology of measurement
Iain Morley, Colin Renfrew
2010
The astronomical significance of Stonehenge
C. A. Newham
1972
The enigma of Stonehenge
John Fowles
1980
The first stargazers
James Cornell
1981
The henges, stone circles, and ringcairns of the Peak District
John Barnatt
1975
The ley hunter's manual
Alfred Watkins
1927
The megalith builders of Western Europe
Glyn Edmund Daniel
1958
The megalithic architectures of Europe
Luc Laporte, Christopher Scarre
2016
The modern antiquarian
Julian Cope
1998
The moon and the bonfire
Richard Bradley
2005
The origin map
Thomas G. Brophy
2002
The phenomena of Argyll stone rows revealed through 3D computer simulation
David Archaeologist Fisher
2019
The search for lost America
Salvatore Michael Trento
1978
The sphinx and the megaliths
John Ivimy
1974
The stone circles of Cumbria
John Waterhouse
1985
The stone circles of the British Isles
Aubrey Burl
1976
Tombs, Temples and Their Orientations
Michael Hoskin
2001