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Ancient Astronomy Around the World

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Australia; ice-age Europe; China; Peru; central Africa; Mesopotamia; North Africa; Egypt; Europe and Scandinavia; Central America; North America. A review of the ancient sites in relation to the cosmic perspectives of Chap. 2.

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Lunan, D. (2013). Ancient Astronomy Around the World. In: The Stones and the Stars. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5354-3_3

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