Warren Field

Warren Field
Map
Interactive map of Warren Field
LocationOS NO7397396777
RegionAberdeenshire
Coordinates57°03′41″N 2°25′51″W / 57.061295°N 2.430772°W / 57.061295; -2.430772
TypeMesolithic site
History
PeriodsMesolithic
Site notes
Excavation dates2004 onwards

Warren Field is a Mesolithic archaeological site in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built about 8,000 BCE and interpreted as a calendar monument.[1] It includes 12 pits believed to correlate with phases of the Moon and used as a lunisolar calendar.[2] It is considered to be the oldest lunisolar calendar yet found.[3][1][4] It is near Crathes Castle, in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It was originally discovered from the air as anomalous terrain by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.[1] It was first excavated in 2004.

The pits align on the southeast horizon and a prominent topographic point associated with sunrise on the midwinter solstice (thus providing an annual astronomical correction concerning the passage of time as indicated by the Moon, the asynchronous solar year, and the associated seasons).[2] The Aberdeenshire time reckoner predates the Mesopotamian calendars by nearly 5,000 years.[2] It was also interpreted as a seasonal calendar because the local prehistoric communities, which relied on hunting migrating animals, needed to carefully note the seasons to be prepared for a particular food source.[3] The Warren Field site is particularly significant for its very early date and that it was created by hunter-gatherer peoples.[1]

Warren Field lunar calendar, illustration.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "'World's oldest calendar' discovered in Scottish field". BBC News. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d V. Gaffney; et al. "Time and a Place: A luni-solar 'time-reckoner' from 8th millennium BC Scotland". Internet Archaeology. doi:10.11141/ia.34.1. Retrieved 16 July 2013. In doing so the monument anticipates problems associated with simple lunar calendars by providing an annual astronomic correction in order to maintain the link between the passage of time indicated by the Moon, the asynchronous solar year, and the associated seasons.
  3. ^ a b "The Beginning of Time?". University of Birmingham. 18 November 2019.
  4. ^ "World's Oldest Calendar Discovered in U.K." Roff Smith, National Geographic. 15 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013.


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