Physics Today - "The Rich Past of Astronomical Discovery"

Bernie Taylor’s following “The Rich Past of Astronomical Discovery” book review of From Cave Art to Hubble: A History of Astronomical Record Keeping (2020) by Jonathan Powell as printed in the June 2020 issue of Physics Today (magazine of the American Institute of Physics). These Upper Paleolithic cave art and ancient archaeoastronomy resources are an alternative approach to that of author Jonathan Powell and his sources, but are not included in the review so as to maintain neutrality.

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Published June 1, 2020

Physics Today Book Review Gobekli Tepe Astronomy

Gobekli Tepe Pillar 43 — Pillar 43 so-called “Vulture Stone” at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey that some researches believe memorializes a terrestrial comet impact. The excavation of Gobekli Tepe began in 1995 and was led by Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute. Schmidt did not determine the early Neolithic use of the Gobekli Tepe. Alternative Upper Paleolithic cave art and ancient archaeoastronomy resources to be considered. (Image credit: *National Geographic*)

Bernie Taylor is the author of Before Orion: Finding the Face of the Hero (2017).

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Gilbert says:

June 3, 2020 at 2:20 am

I read the book review and I watched some of your videos. Your work dates astronomy to 10,000s of years before Gobeklitepe and Lascaux.
Why didn’t you point of the earlier references in the book review?
Gilbert

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