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Last Post 10/16/2007 7:39 AM by Kris Sigsbee

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10/15/2007 6:30 PM
Chris S Stonehenge in england, how do scientists know it was used as a calendar or to study the sun?

Kris Sigsbee

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10/16/2007 7:39 AM
Hi Chris, Scientists noticed that on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, the rising sun appears behind Stonehenge's "Heel Stone." They inferred that Stonehenge was used as a sort of calendar based upon this alignment and possible stellar alignments with some of the other stones. A scientist who is knowledgeable about both astronomy and archaeology can be called an "archeoastronomer." You can learn more about archeoastronomy and Stonehenge on these web sites: http://www.windows.ucar.e...archeoastronomy.html http://www.sunearthday.na...tions/stonehenge.htm Kris