Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 1974
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Philosophical Transactions for the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 276, Issue 1257
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
An astronomical interpretation of the British standing stone sites has been developed in great detail by A. Thom using methods and data which have hitherto rarely, if ever, been used by archaeologists. The unfamiliarity of these methods, and the revolutionary nature of the conclusions drawn from them, have no doubt contributed to the difficulties which the profession is evidently encountering in coming to terms with Thom's ideas. However, the raw data on which the theories are based are, like all other archaeological data, susceptible to checking and testing in traditional archaeological ways - by field-work and excavation. If one is to do this, one must isolate the hard evidence on which the theories are built and these are the many long alinements - from standing stone to a mark on the horizon - which are claimed to have astronomical significance. The plausibility or otherwise of these alinements is something that all can assess by visiting the sites. Moreover, at several of these sites it is possible to devise tests by excavation for the astronomical interpretation, and the results of two such tests are described.
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