“In Cairo also I worried my archaeological friends”: J. Norman Lockyer and Archaeoastronomy
dc.contributor.author | Steele, BH | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-22T11:25:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-03-18 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-03-22T10:54:30Z | |
dc.description.abstract | It has long been acknowledged that J. Norman Lockyer played a central role in the foundation of archaeoastronomy as a field in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His interest in “orientation” flourished on a visit to Egypt, where he became convinced that rigorous scientific methods could be used to prove archaeological theories concerning ancient religions. However, despite the promising prospect of a public intellectual entering the sparse discourse around archaeoastronomy, little happened to promote the discipline after the Egyptian expedition. Whilst Lockyer is often framed as a lonely figure working at the dawn of the field, newly digitised lantern slides from the Norman Lockyer Observatory archives reveal his extensive interactions with a dedicated network of British archaeoastronomical researchers. Lockyer’s work, along with that of his new community, came at a very unfortunate time. This paper seeks to explain why he was shunned by prominent archaeologists, and why the discourse around archaeoastronomy up until his time smothered Lockyer’s attempts to legitimize orientation. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 2, No. 1, article 3 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.5070/ac3.1667 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/135604 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | UC Santa Barbara | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2024. Open Access. This work is made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Norman Lockyer | en_GB |
dc.subject | archaeoastronomy | en_GB |
dc.subject | Edfu | en_GB |
dc.subject | Stonehenge | en_GB |
dc.subject | Boscawen-Un | en_GB |
dc.subject | Avebury | en_GB |
dc.title | “In Cairo also I worried my archaeological friends”: J. Norman Lockyer and Archaeoastronomy | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-22T11:25:04Z | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from UC Santa Barbara via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2473-4888 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Astronomy in Culture | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2024-03-18 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2024-03-18 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-03-22T11:12:22Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2024-03-22T11:25:13Z | |
refterms.panel | D | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2024-03-18 |
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