Calendar constructions

Prehistoric buildings are referred to as calendar buildings , which, by aligning them with the position of the sun on certain days (mostly the solstices), allow a precise calendar determination. Examples of this are the sun temples and probably also the monuments of Stonehenge and some circular moats . However, this assignment is certain for some of the Passage tomb megalithic sites , particularly at Newgrange in Ireland and Maes Howe on Orkney .

See also

• Circular trench system
• Newgrange
• Gold hat
• Goseck district moat
• Horizon Observatory on the Hoheward Halde - A calendar structure for the 21st century
• calendar
• astronomy

literature

• Wolfhard Schlosser , Jan Cierny: Stars and stones. A practical astronomy of the past . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1996, ISBN 3-534-11637-2 (Also: Theiss, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8062-1318-6 )
• Theodor Schmidt-Kaler : The Neolithic Calendar Revolution. In: Archeology in Germany (AID) . 6, 2005, ISSN  0176-8522 , p. 31.

Web links

• Overview of the calendar constructions ( Memento from June 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• Calendar constructions - astronomy for agriculture? (MP3; 19.7 MB) Podcast for the radioWissen program on July 4, 2014
• The passage grave of Newgrange