Archaeoacoustics
by Scarre, Chris; Lawson, GraemeFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-07-30
Publisher(s): David Brown Book Co
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Summary
Archaeoacoustics focuses on the role of sound in human behavior. Recent calls for an 'archaeology of the senses' have served as a timely, even overdue reminder that the past which we experience is multi-sensory, drawing not only upon the primary field of vision, but also on touch, smell and hearing. The present volume brings together archaeologists and specialists in early musical instruments and acoustics in an attempt to unlock some of the meaning latent in the acoustics of such early structures and spaces as megalithic tombs, Palaeolithic painted caves, Romanesque churches and prehistoric rock shelters.
Table of Contents
| Contributors | p. iv |
| Figures | p. v |
| Tables | p. vi |
| Preface | p. vii |
| Sound, Place and Space: Towards an Archaeology of Acoustics | p. 1 |
| (Un)intentional Sound? Acoustics and Neolithic Monuments | p. 11 |
| Ears & Years: Aspects of Acoustics and Intentionality in Antiquity | p. 23 |
| Intentionality of Rock-art Placement Deduced from Acoustical Measurements and Echo Myths | p. 31 |
| The Sound Paradox: How to Assess the Acoustic Significance of Archaeological Evidence? | p. 41 |
| The Scandinavian Bronze Lurs: Accident or Intent? | p. 59 |
| Theatres and Theatre Design in the Graeco-Roman World: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches | p. 71 |
| The Evidence of the Use of Sound Resonance from Palaeolithic to Medieval Times | p. 77 |
| Large Scale-Small Scale: Medieval Stone Buildings, Early Medieval Timber Halls and the Problem of the Lyre | p. 85 |
| Hunter-gatherer Music and its Implications for Identifying Intentionality in the Use of Acoustic Space | p. 95 |
| Acoustics and the Human Experience of Socially-organized Sound | p. 107 |
| The Origin of Music and Rhythm | p. 117 |
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