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Archaeoastronomy papers by Alexander Thom and family
A. Thom (Alexander Thom)
❖ Thom, A. (1954). The solar observatories of megalithic man. Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 64, 396–404.
❖ Thom, A. (1955). A statistical examination of the megalithic sites in Britain, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, A118, 275–295.
❖ Thom, A. (1961). The egg-shaped standing stone rings of Britain, Archives Internationales d’Histoire des Sciences, 14, 56–57, 291–303.
❖ Thom, A. (1961). The geometry of megalithic man, Mathematical Gazette, 45, 83–93.
❖ Thom, A. (1962). The megalithic unit of length, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, A125, pt. 2, 243–251.
❖ Thom, A. (1964). Megalithic geometry in standing stones, New Scientist, 21, 690–691.
❖ Thom, A. (1964). Observatories in ancient Britain, New Scientist, 23, 17–19.
❖ Thom, A. (1964). The larger units of length of megalithic man. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (General)., 127, 527–533.
❖ Thom, A. (1966). Megalithic astronomy: Indications in standing stones, Vistas in Astronomy, 7, 1–57.
❖ Thom, A. (1966). Lunar observatories of megalithic man, Nature, 212, 1527–1528.
❖ Thom, A. (1966). Time-keeping with standing stones, New Scientist, 32, 719–721.
❖ Thom, A. (1966). Megaliths and mathematics, Antiquity, 40, 121–128.
❖ Thom, A. (1967). Megalithic sites in Britain. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [Book]
❖ Thom, A. (1968). Prehistoric observatories, New Scientist, 32, 719–721.
❖ Thom, A. (1968). The metrology and geometry of cup and ring marks, Systematics, 6, 173–189.
❖ Thom, A. (1969). Glastonbury as a possible megalithic observatory. In M. Williams (ed.), Glastonbury: A study in patterns, p. 5–7. London: RILKO.
❖ Thom, A. (1969). The lunar observatories of megalithic man, Vistas in Astronomy, 11, 1–29.
❖ Thom, A. (1969). The geometry of cup-and-ring marks, Transactions of Ancient Monuments Society, 16 (new series), 77–87.
❖ Thom, A. (1970). Observing the moon in megalithic times, Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 80, 93–99.
❖ Thom, A. (1970). The megaliths of Carnac, The Listener, 84, 900-901.
❖ Thom, A. (1971). Megalithic lunar observatories. Oxford University Press, Oxford. [Book]
❖ Thom, A. (1974). A megalithic lunar observatory in Islay, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 5, 50–51.
❖ Thom, A. (1974). Astronomical significance of prehistoric monuments in Western Europe, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A276, 149–156.
❖ Thom, A. (1984). Moving and Erecting Menhirs, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 50, 382–384.
A. Thom and A. S. Thom (Alexander Thom and Archibald Stevenson Thom)
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1971). The astronomical significance of the large Carnac menhirs, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 1, 147–160.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1972). The Carnac Alignments, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 3, 11–26.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1972). The uses of the alignments at Le Ménec Carnac. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 3, 151-164.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1973). A megalithic lunar observatory in Orkney: the Ring of Brodgar and its cairns, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 4, 111–123.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1973). The Kerlescan cromlechs, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 4, 168-173.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1974). The Kermario alignments, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 5, 30–47.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1975). Further work on the Brogar lunar observatory. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 6, 100-114.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1977). Megalithic astronomy. The Journal of Navigation, 30, 1–14.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1977). A fourth lunar foresight for the brogan ring, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 8, 54–56.
❖ Thom A., and Thom A. S. (1978). Megalithic remains in Britain and Brittany. Oxford University Press, Oxford [book]
❖ Thom A., and Thom A. S. (1978). Rings and menhirs: geometry and astronomy in the neolithic age, in E. C. Krupp, ed. In search of ancient astronomies, 39–80.
❖ Thom A., and Thom A. S. (1978). A reconsideration of the lunar sites in Britain, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 9, 170–179.
❖ Thom A., and Thom A. S. (1979). Another lunar site in Kintyre, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 10, Archaeoastronomy Supplement (1), S97–S98.
❖ Thom A., and Thom A. S. (1979). The Standing Stones in Argyllshire, Glasgow Archaeological Journal, 6, 5–10.
❖ Thom A., and Thom A. S. (1980). A new study of all megalithic lunar lines, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 11, Archaeoastronomy Supplement (2), S78–S79.
❖ Thom A., and Thom A. S. (1980). Astronomical foresights used by megalithic man, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 11, Archaeoastronomy Supplement (2), S90–S94.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1981). A lunar site in Sutherland, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 12, Archaeoastronomy Supplement (3), S71–S72.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1982). Statistical and philosophical arguments for the astronomical significance of standing stones with a section of the solar calendar, in Archaeology in the Old World, D. C. Heggie, ed., 53–82.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1983). Observation of the moon in megalithic times, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 14, Archaeoastronomy Supplement (5), S57–S66.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1984). The two major megalithic observatories in Scotland, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 15, Archaeoastronomy Supplement (7), S129–S148.
❖ Thom, A., and Thom, A. S. (1988). The metrology and geometry of megalithic man, in Records in Stone: Papers in memory of Alexander Thom, C.L.N. Ruggles, ed. 132–151.
A. Thom, et al (often with Archibald Stevenson Thom and Alexander Strang Thom)
❖ Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald S.; Merritt, Robert L.; Merritt, Andrew Lloyd (1973). The astronomical significance of the Crucuno stone rectangle, Current Anthropology, 14, 450–454.
❖ Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald Stevenson; Thom, Alexander Strang (1974). Stonehenge, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 5, 71–90.
❖ Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald Stevenson; Thom, Alexander Strang (1975). Stonehenge as a Possible Lunar Observatory. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 6, 19-30.
❖ Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald S.; Gorrie, J. M. (1976). The two megalithic lunar observatories at Carnac. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 7, 11-26.
❖ Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald S.; Food, T. R. (1976). Avebury (1): A new assessment of the geometry and metrology of the ring, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 7, 183–192.
❖ Thom, Alexander and Thom, Alexander Strang (1976). Avebury (2): A West Kennet Avenue, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 7, 193–197.
❖ Thom, Alexander and Merritt, R. L. (1978). Some megalithic sites in Shetland, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 9, 54–60.
❖ Thom, Alexander; Thom, Archibald Stevenson; Burl, Aubrey (1980). Megalithic rings : plans and data for 229 monuments in Britain, British Archaeological Reports British Series 81. [book]
❖ Hawkins, Gerald S.; Thom, Alexander.; Thorpe, I. J.; Ellegard, Alvar (1982). On megalithic astronomy, Current Anthropology, 23, 218–222.
A. S. Thom (Archibald Stevenson Thom)
❖ Thom, A .S. (1980). The stone rings of Beaghmore: Geometry and astronomy, Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 43, 15–19.
❖ Thom, A .S. (1980). A solsticial site near Peterborough? Journal for the History of Astronomy, 11, Archaeoastronomy Supplement (2), S95.
❖ Thom, A .S. (1981). Megalithic lunar observatories: An assessment of 42 lunar alignments, in Astronomy and society in Britain during the period 4000–1500 BC, C.L.N. Ruggles and A.W.R. Whittle, eds. British Archaeological Reports British Series 88, 13–61. [book]
❖ Thom, A. S. (1984). The solar and lunar observatories of the megalithic astronomers, in Archaeoastronomy and the Roots of Science, E.C. Krupp, ed., 83–168. [book]
❖ Thom, A. S. and Foord, T. R. (1977). The island of Eday, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 8, 198–199.
❖ Thom, A. S. and Merritt, Robert L. (1983). Some stone rings in Scandinavia, Archaeological Journal, 140, 109–119.