Article ID: CBB346775076

Continuity or Change? A Microscopic Scale Analysis of Monuments and Ritual in Aberdeenshire (2015)

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General archaeological accounts of Scotland tend to demonstrate broad ideas of the Neolithic transition to farming and the subsequent economic changes in the Bronze Age. Whilst they concentrate on important economic and cultural advancement they tend to lack discussions on cosmological change. This paper looks at one small area in Aberdeenshire to examine four different classes of monument that are found there: long mounds and long cairns; Recumbent Stone Circles; henges and Beaker burial sites. It argues that skyscape archaeology, through the use of archaeoastronomical techniques, can provide clues to cosmological change.

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Authors & Contributors
Zotti, Georg
Malville, J. McKim
González-García, A. César
Campion, Nicholas
Ventura, Frank J.
Vadala, Jeffrey Ryan
Journals
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry
Journal of Skyscape Archaeology
Publishers
Oxbow Books
Concepts
Skyscape; skyscapes
Archaeoastronomy
Monuments
Archaeology
Astronomical chronology
Landscape; landscapes
Time Periods
Neolithic period
Bronze age
Iron age
Precolumbian period (America)
Ancient
Places
Scotland
Andes
Malta
Belize
Wales
Switzerland
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