Skyscapes Beyond the Horizon

Authors

  • Fabio Silva UCL Institute of Archaeology and University of Wales Trinity Saint David
  • Liz Henty University of Wales Trinity Saint David

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.36091

Keywords:

Skyscape, Archaeology

Abstract

Skyscapes Beyond the Horizon

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Author Biographies

  • Fabio Silva, UCL Institute of Archaeology and University of Wales Trinity Saint David

    Fabio Silva, UCL Institute of Archaeology and University of Wales Trinity Saint David, United Kingdom.

  • 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

2018-08-03

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018)

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How to Cite

Silva, F., & Henty, L. (2018). Skyscapes Beyond the Horizon. Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, 4(1), 105-107. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsa.36091