AU  - Hoskin, Michael.
TI  - Tombs, temples and their orientations: a new perspective on Mediterranean prehistory / 
SN  - 0954086716
AV  - GN790.M4 H67 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Bognor Regis : 
PB  - Ocarina Books, 
KW  - Bronze age
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - Megalithic monuments
KW  - Archaeoastronomy
KW  - Neolithic period
KW  - Copper age
KW  - Antiquities
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Origins of an Odyssey -- 2. Measuring Orientations : Why, Where, and How -- Part I. Orientations of Temples and Sanctuaries -- 3. The Temples of Malta and Gozo -- 4. The Sanctuaries of Menorca and Mallorca -- Part II. Orientations of Communal  Tombs -- 5. Easterly-facing Tombs (I) : South Iberia -- 6. Easterly-facing Tombs (II) : West Iberia -- 7. Easterly-facing Tombs (III) : North Iberia and Neighbouring France -- 8. Easterly-facing Tombs (IV) : The French Causses -- 9. Westerly-facing Tombs (I) : Provence and East Languedoc -- 10. Mingling Customs : West Languedoc and the East Pyrenees -- 11. Westerly-facing Tombs (II) : The Balearic Islands -- 12. Easterly-facing Tombs (V) : Corsica and Sardinia -- 13. Malta, Sicily and Pantelleria -- 14. Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco -- 15. Petrospect : Funerary Customs of Orientation in Mediterranean Prehistory -- Appendix : The Minoan Cemetery at Armenoi, Crete -- Corpus Mensurarum
N2  - 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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