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Clive L. N. Ruggles (born 1952) [1] is a British astronomer, archaeologist and academic. He is the author of academic and popular works on the subject. In 1999, he was appointed professor of archaeoastronomy at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, when it is believed to have been the only appointed chair for archaeoastronomy among the world's universities.
This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) jointly published a thematic study on heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy to be used as a guide to UNESCO in its evaluation of the cultural importance of archaeoastronomical ...
The term archaeoastronomy was advanced by Elizabeth Chesley Baity (following the suggestion of Euan MacKie) in 1973, [19] [20] but as a topic of study it may be much older, depending on how archaeoastronomy is defined. Clive Ruggles [21] says that Heinrich Nissen, working in
Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy edited by Clive Ruggles, [42] Krupp wrote three chapters for this book: [43] In Part I, Themes and Issues Chapter 5, Astronomy and power; Chapter 18, Archaeoastronomy concepts in popular culture; In Part III, Pre-Columbian and indigenous North America Chapter 41, Rock Art of the greater southwest
As part of their wider interest in northern European stone circles, the northeast Scotland circles attracted Alexander Thom, Aubrey Burl and Clive Ruggles who catalogued them as part of their investigations into whether the recumbent setting could in some way be shown to have an astronomical significance.
The Cincinnati Observatory, known locally as Mt. Lookout Observatory, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio (United States) on top of Mount Lookout. It consists of two observatory buildings housing an 11-inch (28 cm) and 16 inch (41 cm) aperture refracting telescope. It is the oldest professional observatory in the United States. [3]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Downtown Cincinnati is defined as being all of the city south of Central Parkway, west of Interstates 71 and 471, and east of Interstate 75.
This category contains articles relating to individuals noted for their contributions to the field of archaeoastronomy. For astronomers who were active in historical/ancient times, see Category:Ancient astronomers and Category:Astronomers by era .