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Solarizing the Moon: Essays in honour of Lionel Sims (Paperback)
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Solarizing the Moon: Essays in honour of Lionel Sims (Paperback)
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In the United Kingdom and Europe generally, the study of
prehistoric monuments has long been the domain of archaeologists
who excavate, measure, date and record them. From the 1960s
onwards, archaeoastronomers provided an alternative picture based
on their belief that the builders understood celestial movements
and consequently enshrined astronomical alignments into their
monuments. This picture was highly contested by most archaeologists
and the two fields, archaeology and archaeoastronomy, have gone
their separate ways. One of the scholars who broke this stalemate
was Lionel Sims who, as an anthropologist, had a wealth of
ethnographic material to draw from, allowing him to envision
archaeoastronomy from a multidisciplinary perspective by combining
a number of methodologies and approaches to examine how
archaeoastronomy could deal with cultural complexity. Lionel Sims
has produced an influential body of work which has challenged
existing narratives about British prehistoric monuments and,
equally importantly, provided innovative ways to approach and think
about skyscapes. His work is not without controversy, but his
unique take and thought-provoking conclusions have had an impact on
the thinking of numerous students and collaborators. This
festschrift gathers contributions from many of his colleagues who
wish to honour and pay their respects to him. Following an
introduction that discusses the legacy of his work, the volume
delves deeper into three areas: Anthropology and Human Origins,
Prehistory and Megalithic Monuments, and Theory. Its thirteen
chapters contextualise Lionel's work and expand it in new and
exciting directions for skyscape archaeology.
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