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Center for Archaeoastronomy
Founded in 1978 at the University of Maryland to advance research, education and public awareness of archaeoastronomy.
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tlaloc/archastro/index.html
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University of Massachusetts Sunwheel
A project to build a stone circle aligned to the sunrises and sunsets of the solstices and equinoxes, as well as the north pole star, for use by the community as a tool for education and outreach.
http://www.umass.edu/sunwheel/index2.html
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The Shaw Butte Notebook
This site makes extensive use of Quicktime to describe and demonstrate the workings of an Hohokam observatory.
http://www.amug.org/~sbplum/Shawindex.html
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Archaeoastronomy
Well developed site featuring articles and photographs on a number of significant sites and their Archaeoastronomy
http://www.cloudbait.com/archaeoastronomy.html
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Aboriginal Star Knowledge
Native American Astronomy, with a focus on Lakota star knowledge.
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stars/starmenu.html
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The Dogon and Sirius
A detailed examination of M. Griaule's 1950 paper "Un Systeme Soudanais de Sirius" in terms of both ethnography and astronomy.
http://www.geocities.com/martinclutt/index.html
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Dioptra
The earliest dioptra (c.300 BCE) was a device for measuring the angle, in parts of a "Sign", between two celestial objects. Photos and descriptions of how to make one and how they work.
http://members.tripod.com/Bluestar_4/Dioptra.html
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Archaeoastronomy
Introduction to Irish megalithic complexes; includes future astronomical sight times.
http://www.bluhorizonlines.org/
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Southern Stars: Aboriginal Astronomy
Evidence of highly complex astronomy within Australian Aboriginal society.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005462
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Archaeoastronomy
A comprehensive introduction to archaeoastronomy including a look at various people groups and case studies of sites.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0118421
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