Evidence and analogy in Archaeoastronomy

Abstract This paper addresses the role of analogical reasoning in archaeoastronomy - discipline which studies connections between ancient monuments and heavens. Archaeoastronomy is a highly interdisciplinary science, placed at border humanities – especially archaeology scientific approach to cultural heritage. As consequence, its foundations are delicate matter. We plan investigate here question what constitutes evidence for inferences extent one can achieve confirmation archaeoastronomical hypotheses by means such analogies. Our claim will be that, when deployed accordance with methodology articulated this paper, analogies effective epistemic tool generating supporting about relation archaeological sites astronomical events.