Orientations of Dolmens North of the Eastern Pyrenees

The Albères tombs are discussed in Hoskin Michael Toni Palomo i Pérez , “Studies in Iberian archaeoastronomy: (4) The orientations of megalithic tombs of eastern Catalunya”, Journal for the history of astronomy, xxix (1998), 63–79; those of La Cerdagne Michael Hoskin and Colleagues, “Studies in Iberian archaeoastronomy: (5) Orientations of megalithic tombs of northern and western Iberia”, Archaeoastronomy, no. 23 (1998), S39–87, Section A. The typology and chronology of the tombs on the Spanish side of the frontier are discussed by Josep Tarrús in an Appendix to Chevalier Yves , “Orientations of 935 dolmens of southern France”, Archaeoastronomy, no. 24 (1999), S47–82, see pp. S75–78. The question of patterns of tomb orientation in Iberia and southern France in general is discussed in Michael Hoskin , Tombs, temples and their orientations: A new perspective on Mediterranean prehistory (Bognor Regis, 2001); a summary is given in his article on pp. S75–82 of this issue.

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