This study of archaeo-astronomy looks at more than 2,500 communal tombs and sanctuaries from around the Mediterranean. After a brief discussion of Hoskin's aims and the methodology for his fieldwork, individual chapters focus on evidence from particular regions: Malta, Gozo, the Balearics, Iberia, southern France, Corsica and Sardinia, Sicily and Pantelleria, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Although there is no over-riding explanation that ties these sites and their orientations together, tentative interpretations are made throughout.
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... a valuable addition to the archaeoastronomical research and critical for the growth of the field in the Mediterranean. -- - Marie Goodwin, Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2002.06.04)
...in an easy-to-understand format that allows the data to by used by specialists and non-specialists alike. -- Marie Goodwin, Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2002.06.04)
…adorned with dozens of beautiful photographs, technical diagrams, and an extraordinary Corpus Mensurarum… aliving masterpiece in the field of archaeoastronomy. -- Juan Antonio Belmonte, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
...in an easy-to-understand format that allows the data to by used by specialists and non-specialists alike. -- Marie Goodwin, Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2002.06.04)
…adorned with dozens of beautiful photographs, technical diagrams, and an extraordinary Corpus Mensurarum… aliving masterpiece in the field of archaeoastronomy. -- Juan Antonio Belmonte, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
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MICHAEL HOSKIN is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and before his retirement was Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University. He founded the 'Journal for the History of Astronomy' in 1970, and he continues to edit both it and its 'Archaeoastronomy' supplement. He is the editor of 'The General History of Astronomy', 'The Cambridge Illustrated History of Astronomy' and 'The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy'.
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