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From 2003 Archaeoastronomy was no longer published as a separate journal but was
incorporated into enlarged issues of Journal for the History of Astronomy

These are the contents pages for issues.published 1997-2001
For a list of all articles published up to 1999
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No. 27 (2002)

Archaeoastronomy in the Sahara: The Tombs of the Garamantes at Wadi el Agial, Fezzan, Libya JUAN ANTONIO BELMONTE, CÉSAR ESTEBAN, MARIA ANTONIA PERERA BETANCORT and RITA MARRERO
1

Orientations of Dolmens North of the Eastern Pyrenees
RICHARD IUND 21
Solar Stelae and a Venus Window: Science and Royal Personality in Late Classic Copán
GERARDO ALDANA 29
Orientations of Dolmens of West-Central France MICHAEL HOSKIN and GAIL HIGGINBOTTOM
51
On the Orientations of the Nine Tholos Tombs at Mycenae AMANDA-ALICE MARAVELIA 63
On the Astronomical Orientation of the Square Talayots of Mallorca XAVIER ARAMBURU-ZABALA and JUAN ANTONIO ­BELMONTE
67
Studies in Iberian Archaeoastronomy: (9) An Overview MICHAEL HOSKIN 75
Notes on Contributors 83
Index to Archaeoastronomy, no. 27
84
Cumulative Index to Archaeoastronomy, nos 1–27 85

No. 26 (2001)

On the Orientation of Old Kingdom Egyptian Pyramids JUAN ANTONIO BELMONTE 1
A Method for Dating Venus Almanacs in the Borgia Codex VICTORIA R. BRICKER 21
Studies in Iberian Archaeoastronomy: (8) Orientations of Megalithic and Tholos Tombs of Portugal and Southwest Spain MICHAEL HOSKIN and colleagues 45
Orientations of Pre-Islamic Temples of Northwest Africa CÉSAR ESTEBAN, JUAN A. BELMONTE, MARÍA A. PERERA BETANCOURT, RITA MARRERO and JOSÉ J. JIMÉNEZ GONZÁLEZ 65
BOOK REVIEWS
Tombs, Temples and Their Orientations, by Michael Hoskin (Juan Antonio Belmonte); The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany, by Aubrey Burl (Michael Hoskin)
85
Errata 90
Notes on Contributors 91
Index to Archaeoastronomy, no. 26 92

No. 25 (2000)

Orientations of the Provençal Dolmens
GÉRARD SAUZADE
1
Astronomical Alignments at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, Mexico
IVAN SPRAJC
11
Studies in Iberian Archaeoastronomy: (7) Orientations of Megalithic Tombs of Huelva
ADRIANO GÓMEZ RUIZ and MICHAEL HOSKIN
41
Temple Orientations in Magna Graecia and Sicily
ANTHONY AVENI and GIULIANO ROMANO
51
Orientations of the Talayotic Sanctuaries of Mallorca
JAUME GARCÍA ROSSELLÓ, JOAN FORNÉS BISQUERRA and MICHAEL HOSKIN
58
Inaugural Lecture: Ancient Astronomies - Ancient Worlds
CLIVE RUGGLES
65
ESSAY REVIEW
Astronomy in Prehistoric Britain and Ireland, by Clive Ruggles (Patrick Ashmore)
77
BOOK REVIEWS
Les Dolmens, by Claude Masset, La France des Dolmens et des Sépultures Collectives, ed. by Philippe Soulier, and Mégalithismes de l'Atlantique à l'Ethiopie, ed. by Jean Guilaine (Michael Hoskin); Las Leyes del Cielo: Astronomía y Civilizaciones Antiguas, by Juan Antonio Belmonte (Michael Hoskin)
86
Conference Report: Oxford 6
JOHN B. CARLSON
89
Notes on Contributors
91
Index to Archaeoastronomy, no. 25
92

No. 24 (1999)

Astronomy in the Mexican Codex Borgia ANTHONY AVENI 1
Pre-Islamic Burial Monuments in Northern and Saharan Morocco J. A. BELMONTE, C. ESTEBAN, L. CUESTA, M. A. PERERA BETANCORT and J. J. JIMÉNEZ GONZÁLEZ 21
Studies in Iberian Archaeoastronomy: (6) Orientations of Megalithic Tombs of Badajoz and Neighbouring Portugal MICHAEL HOSKIN and CARME SAUCH I APARICIO 35
Reassessment of Sites in Northwest Scotland: A New Statistical Approach GAIL HIGGINBOTTOM and ROGER CLAY 41
Orientations of 935 Dolmens of Southern France YVES CHEVALIER 47
ESSAY REVIEW
Stonehenge: Neolithic Man and the Cosmos, by John D. North (Clive Ruggles) 83 
The Orientations of Megalithic Tombs of Eastern Catalunya: Addendum 89
Notes on Contributors 91
Index to Archaeoastronomy, no. 24 92

No. 23 (1998)

Models of Temporality in Archaeoastronomy and Rock Art WILLIAM BREEN MURRAY 1
Mediterranean Archaeoastronomy and Archaeotopography: Pre-Roman Tombs of Africa Proconsularis JUAN A. BELMONTE, CÉSAR ESTEBAN and JOSÉ JUAN JIMÉNEZ GONZÁLEZ 7
Orientations of Graves in the Late Roman Necropolises of Ampurias ALFONSO LÓPEZ BORGOÑOZ 25
First Fruits Celebrations among the Nguni Peoples of Southern Africa: An Ethnoastronomical Interpretation KEITH SNEDEGAR 31
Studies in Iberian Archaeoastronomy: (5) Orientations of Megalithic Tombs of Northern and Western Iberia MICHAEL HOSKIN and colleagues 39
Summary of a Relevant Article in JHA 88
BOOK REVIEW
Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings: Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power, by E. C. Krupp (Stephen McCluskey)} 89
Notes on Contributors 91
Index to Archaeoastronomy, no. 23 92

No. 22 (1997)

Orientations of Sardinian Dolmens MICHAEL HOSKIN and MAURO ZEDDA 1
Determining the Historicity of Three Astronomical Almanacs in the Madrid Codex HARVEY M. BRICKER, VICTORIA R. BRICKER
and BETTINA WULFING
17
Mediterranean Archaeotopography and Archaeoastronomy: Two Examples of Dolmenic Necropolises in the Jordan Valley JUAN ANTONIO BELMONTE 37
Whose Equinox? CLIVE L. N. RUGGLES 45
Pre-Hispanic Equinoctial Markers in Gran Canaria, Part II CÉSAR ESTEBAN, ROSA SCHLUETER, JUAN A.
BELMONTE and OSWALDO GONZÁLEZ
51
The Cosmology of the Ancient Balts VYTAUTAS STRAIZYS and LIBERTAS KLIMKA 57
NOTE
Solar Eclipses and the Temple of the Plumed Serpents, Xochicalco, Mexico BRIAN FARHI and ANTHONY F. AVENI 83
BOOK REVIEWS
Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes, by Brian S. Bauer and David S. P. Dearborn (Anthony F. Aveni); The Secret of the Incas, by William Sullivan (Gerardo V. Aldana) 85
Summary of a Relevant Article in JHA 90
Notes on Contributors 90
Index to Archaeoastronomy, no. 22 92