“Pathways to the Cosmos – The Alignment of Megalithic Tombs in Ireland and Atlantic Europe”. Dublin Castle, Ireland, 15th September, 2018

Authors

  • Liz Henty University of Wales Trinity Saint David

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.37392

Keywords:

megalithic, tombs, Cosmos

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Author Biography

  • Liz Henty, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

    Liz Henty left her accountancy career to take the Cultural Astronomy and Astrology MA at University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, where she achieved a distinction for her dissertation entitled ‘An Examination of Possible Solar, Lunar and Stellar Alignments at the Recumbent Stone Circles of North-East Scotland’. After taking some short archaeology courses at Aberdeen University, she is now a PhD Student at University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, researching the divide between the disciplines of archaeology and archaeoastronomy. She has presented papers at SEAC and the Theoretical Archaeology Group conferences and is a contributor to the forthcoming volume Skyscapes in Archaeology edited by F Silva and N Campion.

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Published

2019-02-18

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2018)

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How to Cite

Henty, L. (2019). “Pathways to the Cosmos – The Alignment of Megalithic Tombs in Ireland and Atlantic Europe”. Dublin Castle, Ireland, 15th September, 2018. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 4(2), 246-251. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.37392