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Cracking the Stone Age Code

• 1971 ----- color ----- 50 min ----- 16mm/vhs
• Examines the work of Alexander Thom, an ex-Oxford Professor of Engineering, who has dedicated his life to the study of the stone circles of Britain. Thom takes us on a tour of the sites of Britain's most significant megaliths as he carefully builds a case for the astronomical significance of each of these stone-age observatories. Shows how the builders were able to predict eclipses, develop an accurate calendar and imply Pythagorean geometry 2,000 years before Pythagoras. (vhs Restricted to use on University of Washington campuses only)
• Topics: (Archaeology, Astronomy, British Isles)

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