Markey, T. L., and Greppin, A. C., eds. When Worlds Collide: The Indo-Europeans and Pre-Indo-Europeans. Ann Arbor: Karoma, 1990. [A mixed bag of papers that includes a discussion of European archaeoastronomy.]
Marshack, Alexander. The Roots of Civilization. New York: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1972. [This book first introduced to a wide public the author’s analyses of markings on bone fragments tens of thousands of years old suggesting that Palaeolithic hunters used them to record lunar calendars.]
Martin, Simon, and Nikolai Grube. Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London: Thames and Hudson, 2000. [A detailed history constructed with the help of recently deciphered Maya inscriptions.]
Masi, Fausto. The Pantheon as an Astronomical Instrument. Rome: Edizioni Internazionali di Letteratura e Scienze, 1996. [A short pamphlet containing sketches showing the position of the shaft of sunlight through the roof at the solstices and equinoxes. Versions also exist in Italian, French, etc.]
Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo. The Great Temple of the Aztecs: Treasures of Tenochtitlan. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988. [A highly readable and authoritative introduction to the Aztecs and Tenochtitlan in general and to the Templo Mayor in particular.]
Maude, Harry E. The Gilbertese Maneaba. Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies and Tarawa: Kiribati Extension Centre, 1980. [An account of the protocols governing the construction of the focal building in the traditional Gilbertese village, relevant to astronomy since the design of house roofs influenced indigenous conceptions of the sky.]
McCluskey, Stephen C. Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. [Covers the development of astronomies in Europe from Celtic Gaul through to late Medieval times. Combines an archaeoastronomical with a historical approach in tackling questions relating to solar rituals, calendrical development, and monastic computations.]
McCoy, Ron. Archaeoastronomy: Skywatching in the Native American Southwest. Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona, 1992. [A good general introduction to archaeoastronomy in the U.S. Southwest.]
McCready, Stuart, ed. The Discovery of Time. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2001. [A broad introduction to calendars and timekeeping for a general audience.]
Mercer, Roger. Causewayed Enclosures. Princes Risborough, UK: Shire, 1990. [A short introduction for a general audience.]
Michell, John. A Little History of Astro-Archaeology. London: Thames and Hudson, 1989. [A survey of early developments in archaeoastronomy by an author best known for his involvement in “fringe” topics such as ley lines, but containing some informative material rarely found elsewhere, e.g., on Nazi archaeoastronomy.]
Milbrath, Susan. Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore and Calendars. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999.
Millon, Renй, ed. The Teotihuacan Map (in two parts). Austin: University of Texas Press, 1973.
Mithen, Steven. The Prehistory of the Mind: The Cognitive Origins of Art, Religion and Science. London: Thames and Hudson, 1999.
———, ed. Creativity in Human Evolution and Prehistory. London: Routledge, 1998. [A broad collection of papers from a session at the annual British Theoretical Archaeology Group conference on the theme of human creativity and its manifestation in the archaeological record.]
Mitton, Simon. The Crab Nebula. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1978. [Astronomical background on the supernova of C.E. 1054.]
Molnar, Michael. The Star of Bethlehem: The Legacy of the Magi. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999. [Innovative interpretation in terms of events in the sky and their astrological significance at the time.]
Monroe, Jean G., and Ray A. Williamson. They Dance in the Sky: Native American Sky Myths. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. [A collection of native North American sky myths aimed at readers aged 10–14.]
Montgomery, John. Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs. New York: Hypocrene Books, 2002. [A visual dictionary of over 1000 Maya glyphs.]
Morero Corral, Marco Arturo, ed. Historia de la Arqueoastronomнa en Mйxico. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Econуmica, 1986. [In Spanish.]
Morieson, John. The Night Sky of the Boorong. Melbourne: Unpublished MA thesis, University of Melbourne, 1996.
Morris, Richard. Churches in the Landscape. London: Dent, 1989. [Some useful background for studies of English church orientations.]
Morrison, Tony. The Mystery of the Nasca Lines. Woodbridge, UK: Nonesuch Expeditions, 1987. [One of several popular books describing the Nasca geoglyphs and the life and theories of Maria Reiche, but preceding the work of Aveni and his team in the early 1980s. In many ways an update of Pathways to the Gods: The Mystery of the Andes Lines, first published in 1978.]
Mountford, Charles P. Nomads of the Australian Desert. Adelaide: Rigby, 1976. [This book, whose publication provoked some strong reactions from Aboriginal communities, contains information about indigenous sky myths that is hard to find elsewhere.]
Needham, Joseph. Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 3: The Sciences of the Heavens and Earth. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1959. [Seminal work on ancient Chinese astronomy.]
Neugebauer, Otto. The Exact Sciences in Antiquity. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951. (Second edition published 1957 by Brown University Press, Providence; further corrected edition published 1969 by Dover, New York.)
Neugebauer, Otto, and Richard A. Parker. Egyptian Astronomical Texts, I: The Early Decans. Providence, RI: Brown University Press, 1960. [Seminal work on ancient Egyptian astronomy.]
———. Egyptian Astronomical Texts, II: The Ramesside Star Clocks. Providence, RI: Brown University Press, 1964. [Seminal work on ancient Egyptian astronomy.]
———. Egyptian Astronomical Texts, III: Decans, Planets, Constellations and Zodiacs. Providence, RI: Brown University Press, 1969. [Seminal work on ancient Egyptian astronomy.]
Nissen, Heinrich. Orientation. Studien zur Geschichte der Religion (3 vols.). Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1906–1910. [A work of huge historical significance as part of the early development of orientation studies and archaeoastronomy. In German.]
Noble, David G., ed. New Light on Chaco Canyon. Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1984. [A collection of short introductory articles from different disciplinary perspectives, including a piece on archaeoastronomy. Although ideas have moved on in many areas, this still contains much useful background material.]
North, John D. The Fontana History of Astronomy and Cosmology. London: Fontana, 1994. [Authoritative overview of the history of astronomy.]
———. Stonehenge: Neolithic Man and the Cosmos. London: HarperCollins, 1996. [A novel but controversial interpretation of the astronomical significance of British megalithic monuments including Stonehenge that has drawn much criticism.]
Obeyesekere, Gananath. The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific (repr.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. [A book that sparked a fierce debate by challenging Marshall Sahlins’s view (see Sahlins 1985) concerning native perceptions of Captain Cook and the reasons for his apparent apotheosis and subsequent death in the Hawaiian Islands. Originally published in 1992, this edition contains a response to Sahlins’ (1995) response.]