Prof. Timothy Darvill | Keeping Time at Stonehenge | A Megalithic Calendar Revealed | Megalithomania

Advances in understanding the phasing of Stonehenge highlight the integrity of the sarsen structures. Here it is suggested that the numerology of the sarsen elements materialize a perpetual calendar based on a tropical solar year of 365.25 days, starting at the winter solstice. The indigenous development of such a calendar in north-west Europe is possible, but a source in the eastern Mediterranean is also considered. The adoption of a solar calendar, perhaps a replacement for an earlier lunar calendar, was associated with the spread of solar cosmologies during the third millennium BC and was used to regularize festivals and ceremonies.

Timothy Darvill is Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology in Bournemouth University. His research interests focus on the early farming communities of northwest Europe and archaeological resource management. As well as excavating at Stonehenge in 2008 he has also investigated prehistoric sites and landscapes in England, Wales, Isle of Man, Germany, Russia, and Malta.

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