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Archaeoacoustics (Hardcover)
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Archaeoacoustics (Hardcover)
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
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Archaeoacoustics focuses on the role of sound in human behaviour,
from earliest times up to the development of mechanical detection
and recording devices in the 19th century. Recent calls for an
`archaeology of the senses' have served as a timely, even overdue
reminder that the past which we experience - and which others have
experienced before us - is multisensory, drawing not only upon the
primary field of vision, but also on touch, smell and hearing.
Megalithic tombs, Palaeolithic painted caves, Romanesque churches
and prehistoric rock shelters all present specific sound qualities
which offer clues as to how they may have been designed and used.
Voices resonate, external noises are subdued or eliminated, and a
special aural dimension is accessed which complements the evidence
of our other senses. The present volume, arising from a conference
held at the McDonald Institute in 2003, 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. It will be essential
reading for all who are concerned to seek a broader understanding
of human sensory experience from prehistory up to historical times.
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