Message #123326

[Ericka Bowman]

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CONTENTS
 
 PAGE
 
 
 PREFACE
 v
 
CHAPTER
 
 
 
I.
 INTRODUCTORY
 1
 
II.
 THE ASTRONOMICAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR
 12
 
III.
 THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR
 17
 
IV.
 THE VARIOUS NEW-YEAR DAYS
 25
 
V.
 CONDITIONS AND TRADITIONS AT STONEHENGE
 34
 
VI.
 GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF STONEHENGE
 55
 
VII.
 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE IN 1901
 62
 
VIII.
 ARCHEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE, 1901
 69
 
IX.
 WAS THERE AN EARLIER CIRCLE?
 88
 
X.
 THE MAY AND JUNE WORSHIPS IN BRITTANY
 96
 
XI.
 ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS
 107
 
XII.
 ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS (Continued)
 118
 
XIII.
 STENNESS (Lat. 59´ N.)
 123
 
XIV.
 THE HURLERS (Lat. 50° 31´ N.)
 133
 
XV.
 THE DARTMOOR AVENUES
 145
 
XVI.
 THE DARTMOOR AVENUES (Continued)
 157
 
XVII.
 STANTON DREW (Lat. 51° 10´ N.)
 166
 
XVIII.
 FOLKLORE AND TRADITION
 178
 
XIX.
 SACRED FIRES
 180
 
 
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XX.
 SACRED TREES
 200
 
XXI.
 HOLY WELLS AND STREAMS
 213
 
XXII.
 WHERE DID THE BRITISH WORSHIP ORIGINATE?
 232
 
XXIII.
 THE SIMILARITY OF THE SEMITIC AND BRITISH WORSHIPS
 252
 
XXIV.
 THE MAY YEAR IN SOUTH-WEST CORNWALL
 261
 
XXV.
 THE MERRY MAIDENS CIRCLE (Lat. 50° 4´ N.)
 265
 
XXVI.
 THE TREGASEAL CIRCLES
 277
 
XXVII.
 SOME OTHER CORNISH MONUMENTS
 287
 
XXVIII.
 THE CLOCK-STARS IN EGYPT AND BRITAIN
 294
 
XXIX.
 A SHORT HISTORY OF SUN-TEMPLES
 304
 
XXX.
 THE LIFE OF THE ASTRONOMER-PRIESTS
 316
 
 
 
APPENDICES.
 
 
I.
 DETAILS OF THE THEODOLITE OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE
 325
 
II.
 SUGGESTIONS ON FIELD OBSERVATIONS
 329
 
 
 INDEX
 333

 



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