Nagy Emese Gyöngyvér - Dani János - Hajdú Zsigmond szerk.: MÓMOSZ II. (Debrecen, 2004)

Pásztor Emília: Archaeoasztronómiai kutatások az őskori Európában – két esettanulmány

EMÍLIA PÁSZTOR ARCHAEOASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH ON THE PREHISTORY OF EUROPE: TWO CASE STUDIES Archaeoastronomy is an interdisciplinary science examining the impact of celestial phenomena on different cultures in the past and how this impact is reflected in the material remains and cultural heritage. Archaeoastronomy supports two fields of cognitive archaeology: examining the symbols of measuring time and the possible connection between the cultures and the supernatural world. Studying the archaeology of cults is rather difficult and requires team work. In this essay two cases are presented: the first is about a possible interpretation of the north-south orientation of a less-known early Viking Age procession road called Rösaring in Sweden, while the second one offers a new interpretation on the role of midsummer sunrise at the world-famous stone circle, Stonehenge. Both research projects have been carried out jointly by an archaeologist, an astronomer, an architect and a historian of religion.