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An investigation of an Aberdeenshire ritual landscape: a site of human sacrifice associated with Venus.

A group of intervisible prehistoric monuments delineate a ritual landscape of 10 kilometres near Hatton of Fintray, Aberdeenshire. They act as back and foresights on solar and lunar horizon rising and setting extremes when viewed one from another. The identities of the local deities, syncretised as...

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Published in:Scottish Geographical Journal Vol. 137; no. 1-4; pp. 173 - 210
Main Author: Nance, David Alexander
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar-Dec 2021
Subjects:
Human sacrifice
Iron Age
Bronze Age
Ritual
Landscapes
Venus (Planet)
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