In a recent Antiquity article, Darvill (2022) proposed that the mid third-millennium BC Stage 2 sarsen settings of Stonehenge (comprising the Trilithon Horseshoe, Sarsen Circle and the Station Stone Rectangle) were conceived in order to represent a calendar year of 365.25 days—that is, a calendar identical in duration to the Julian calendar. In the present article, the authors argue that this proposal is unsubstantiated, being based as it is on a combination of numerology, astronomical error and unsupported analogy.
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Magli, G., & Belmonte, J. A. (2023). Archaeoastronomy and the alleged ‘Stonehenge calendar.’ Antiquity, 97(393), 745–751. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.33
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