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Archaeoacoustics / edited by Chris Scarre & Graeme Lawson.

Contributor(s): Scarre, Christopher | Lawson, Graeme | McDonald Institute for Archaeological ResearchMaterial type: TextTextSeries: McDonald Institute monographsPublication details: Cambridge, UK : Oakville, CT : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research ; David Brown [USA Distributor], c2006. Description: ix, 126 p : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN: 190293735X; 9781902937359Subject(s): Archaeology -- Methodology -- Congresses | Music archaeology -- Congresses | Sound -- Congresses | Archaeology | Music archaeology | SoundLOC classification: CC77.A29 | .A73 2006
Contents:
Sound, place and space : towards an archaeology of acoustics / Chris Scarre -- (Un)intentional sound? Acoustics in Neolithic monuments / Aaron Watson -- Ears & years : aspects of acoustics and intentionality in antiquity / Paul Devereux -- Intentionality of rock-art placement deduced from acoustical measurements and echo myths / Steven J. Waller -- The sound paradox : how to assess the acoustic significance of archaeological evidence? / Francesco d'Errico & Graeme Lawson -- The Scandinavian bronze lurs : accident or intent? / Peter Holmes -- Theatres and theatre design in the Graeco-Roman world : theoretical and empirical approaches / Eleonora Rocconi -- The evidence of the use of sound resonance from Palaeolithic to Medieval times / Iegor Reznikoff -- Large scale-small scale : Medieval stone buildings, early Medieval timber halls and the problem of the lyre / Graeme Lawson -- Hunter-gatherer music and its implicationss for identifyinig intentionality in the use of acoustic space / Iain Morley -- Acoustics and the human experience of socially-organized sound / Ian Cross & Aaron Watson -- The origin of music and rhythm / Ezra B.W. Zubrow & Elizabeth C. Blake.
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"The original papers from which the volume has developed were first presented at a workshop held at the McDonald Institute in Cambridge in June 2003"--P. viii.

Includes bibliographical references.

Sound, place and space : towards an archaeology of acoustics / Chris Scarre -- (Un)intentional sound? Acoustics in Neolithic monuments / Aaron Watson -- Ears & years : aspects of acoustics and intentionality in antiquity / Paul Devereux -- Intentionality of rock-art placement deduced from acoustical measurements and echo myths / Steven J. Waller -- The sound paradox : how to assess the acoustic significance of archaeological evidence? / Francesco d'Errico & Graeme Lawson -- The Scandinavian bronze lurs : accident or intent? / Peter Holmes -- Theatres and theatre design in the Graeco-Roman world : theoretical and empirical approaches / Eleonora Rocconi -- The evidence of the use of sound resonance from Palaeolithic to Medieval times / Iegor Reznikoff -- Large scale-small scale : Medieval stone buildings, early Medieval timber halls and the problem of the lyre / Graeme Lawson -- Hunter-gatherer music and its implicationss for identifyinig intentionality in the use of acoustic space / Iain Morley -- Acoustics and the human experience of socially-organized sound / Ian Cross & Aaron Watson -- The origin of music and rhythm / Ezra B.W. Zubrow & Elizabeth C. Blake.