Hālawa Valley temples
Archaeoastronomy forms an important component of a recent study of pre-contact temples in the fertile Hālawa Valley at the eastern end of the Hawaiian island of Moloka‘i
A Welsh precursor to Stonehenge
Following years of explorations in the area of south-west Wales known to be the source of the Stonehenge bluestones, excavations in 2018 revealed the remains of a stone circle that may well represent “the original Stonehenge”
Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani
The book Heiau, ‘Āina, Lani (“Temples, Land and Sky”) presents the results of a joint fieldwork project by Patrick V. Kirch and myself, spanning more than 15 years, in the south-eastern coastal area of the Hawaiian island of Maui
A new solstitial alignment near Stonehenge
A solstitially-aligned row of six timber posts broadly contemporary with the stone circle at Stonehenge has been discovered at Lark Hill, just outside the World Heritage Site
Nā Inoa Hōkū
A 3rd edition of this definitive source of reference for anyone interested in Hawaiian and Pacific astronomy is expected in 2025
Desert labyrinth
In 1984, by chance, I discovered a previously undocumented 4.4km-long labyrinth in the Nazca desert, Peru. I was able to return 20 years later to survey it