Patterns of thought in Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain

 Abstract: Pythagorean elements detected in megalith circles in ancient Britain have no easy explanation, and precede 1stmillennium Pythagoreanism by an extraordinary period of time. This paper explores the idea that there is a connection between some core Pythagorean mathematical and geometrical concerns, and ideas of divinity and Eternity.  On the basis of a close examination of Pythagorean ideas in the 1st millennium, for which we have extensive documentation, It is suggested tha...