Astronomical References Are Embedded in Prehistoric Landscapes

PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND—Science Daily reports that England’s National Astronomy Meeting, which is being held this week, will highlight developments in archaeo-astronomy, which some researchers propose to rename “skyscape archaeology.” According to Fabio Silva of University College London, and co-editor of the new Journal for Skyscape Archaeology, “We have much to gain if the fields of astronomy and archaeology come together to a fuller and more balanced understanding of European megaliths and the societies that built them….To understand what alignments meant to prehistoric people and why they decided to incorporate them into their structures, we need to identify patters and interactions between structures, landscape and skyscape.”