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