This book, reviewing recent research, includes new material on the megalith builders in Western Europe, North American Indians, the literate civilizations of Mesoamerica, the Andean culture of the Incas, and the Egyptians, among others.

About the Series -- As the World Turns -- California's First Astronomers -- Solar and Lunar Observatories of the Megalithic Astronomers -- Stones and Henges: Megalithic Astronomy Reviewed -- The Nature of Mesoamerican Astronomy: A Look at the Native Texts -- The View from the Tropics -- Egyptian Astronomy: A Tale of Temples, Tradition, and Tombs