Contents
CONTENTS
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| PREFACE | |
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| I. | INTRODUCTORY | |
| II. | THE ASTRONOMICAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR | |
| III. | THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR | |
| IV. | THE VARIOUS NEW-YEAR DAYS | |
| V. | CONDITIONS AND TRADITIONS AT STONEHENGE | |
| VI. | GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF STONEHENGE | |
| VII. | ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE IN 1901 | |
| VIII. | ARCHEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE, 1901 | |
| IX. | WAS THERE AN EARLIER CIRCLE? | |
| X. | THE MAY AND JUNE WORSHIPS IN BRITTANY | |
| XI. | ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS | |
| XII. | ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS (Continued) | |
| XIII. | STENNESS (Lat. 59´ N.) | |
| XIV. | THE HURLERS (Lat. 50° 31´ N.) | |
| XV. | THE DARTMOOR AVENUES | |
| XVI. | THE DARTMOOR AVENUES (Continued) | |
| XVII. | STANTON DREW (Lat. 51° 10´ N.) | |
| XVIII. | FOLKLORE AND TRADITION | |
| XIX. | SACRED FIRES | |
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| XX. | SACRED TREES | |
| XXI. | HOLY WELLS AND STREAMS | |
| XXII. | WHERE DID THE BRITISH WORSHIP ORIGINATE? | |
| XXIII. | THE SIMILARITY OF THE SEMITIC AND BRITISH WORSHIPS | |
| XXIV. | THE MAY YEAR IN SOUTH-WEST CORNWALL | |
| XXV. | THE MERRY MAIDENS CIRCLE (Lat. 50° 4´ N.) | |
| XXVI. | THE TREGASEAL CIRCLES | |
| XXVII. | SOME OTHER CORNISH MONUMENTS | |
| XXVIII. | THE CLOCK-STARS IN EGYPT AND BRITAIN | |
| XXIX. | A SHORT HISTORY OF SUN-TEMPLES | |
| XXX. | THE LIFE OF THE ASTRONOMER-PRIESTS | |
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| I. | DETAILS OF THE THEODOLITE OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE | |
| II. | SUGGESTIONS ON FIELD OBSERVATIONS | |
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| INDEX |