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An overview of different topics covered by the field of archaeoacoustics, which seeks to advance the field through innovative approaches to the study of, for instance, archaeomusicology, neuroacoustics, psychoacoustics, portable and fixed lithophones and soundscapes, incorporating case studies from America, Asia and Europe.

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Archaeoacoustics, the study of sound in the past, is increasingly attracting attention. Although some work, particularly in musical archaeology, had been conducted previously, the field received a significant boost when the term itself was coined by Scarre and Lawson in their 2006 volume of that name, which brought together two major distinct strands: archaeomusicology and the acoustics of archaeological spaces. Since 2006, the number of publications has steadily been growing, yet the field remains in its infancy. This is partly due to the complexity inherent in the analysis of sound, which requires multidisciplinary collaboration across various disciplines. This complexity is reflected in the approaches followed and the contributors from diverse academic fields, including not only archaeology but also anthropology, architecture, classics, history, art history, and sound engineering. The aim is to provide an overview of a selection of the different topics covered by the field of archaeoacoustics. Contributors aspire to advancing the field through innovative approaches, including those stemming from psychology, a field not commonly associated with archaeology. Additionally, the book seeks to expand the field by developing a number of new ideas based on novel case studies. It presents some of the results derived from major research projects, such as the ERC funded Artsoundscapes and the Soundspace projects led by DíazAndreu and Knighton, respectively. The book will cover a wide range of topics, including a synthetic history of research provided in the introduction, theories about the origins of music in early humans, experimental archaeomusicology, approaches from the fields of neuroacoustics and psychoacoustics, experimental studies of portable and fixed lithophones and other musical instruments, explorations of soundscapes, representations of sound in early medieval frescoes, late medieval urbanscapes, and postmedieval proxemics. Case studies are located in America, Asia, and Europe. AUTHORS: Neemias Santos da Rosa is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bordeaux. He holds a PhD from the Universitat Roviri i Virgili and specialises in experimental archaeology applied to the study of prehistoric art especially the technological, social, acoustic and symbolic aspects of rock art production, with a particular focus on the Iberian Peninsula. Margarita Díaz-Andreu is an ICREA Research Professor based at the University of Barcelona (Spain). She holds a PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid. She specialises in prehistoric archaeology, focusing on the rock art and archaeoacoustics of Western Europe. Additionally, she is deeply involved in heritage studies and the history of archaeology, particularly emphasising the history of women in professional archaeology and the politics of identity in archaeology, including social engagement, nationalism and colonialism, ethnicity, and gender. 86 b/w photographs and line drawings

Author Biography

Margarita Díaz-Andreu is an ICREA Research Professor based at the University of Barcelona (Spain). She holds a PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid. She specialises in prehistoric archaeology, focusing on the rock art and archaeoacoustics of Western Europe. Additionally, she is deeply involved in heritage studies and the history of archaeology, particularly emphasising the history of women in professional archaeology and the politics of identity in archaeology, including social engagement, nationalism and colonialism, ethnicity, and gender. Neemias Santos da Rosa is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bordeaux. He holds a PhD from the Universitat Roviri i Virgili and specialises in experimental archaeology applied to the study of prehistoric art especially the technological, social, acoustic and symbolic aspects of rock art production, with a particular focus on the Iberian Peninsula.

Table of Contents

1. Exploring ancient sounds and places: an introduction to the field of archaeoacousticsMargarita DíazAndreu and Neemias Santos da Rosa2. The role of listening in the prehistorical emergence of speech and song: a precursor to becoming human?Bernd Brabec3. Archoustemology and the Aurignacian: ancient ways of knowing through soundSimon Wyatt4. The sounds are audible: fabricating ancient instruments what more can we learn?Neil Rusch5. Methodological approaches to understand the cognitive effects of music in ritualistic contexts: implications for studying ancient ritual activitiesRaquel AparicioTerrés and Carles Escera6. Methods for psychoacoustic and emotional evaluation of archaeological soundscapes with auralizationSamantha LópezMochales and Carles Escera7. Ethnohistorical sources in archaeoacoustics research: a case study from SouthCentral CaliforniaAnaMaría AlarcónJiménez, Raquel Jiménez Pasalodos and Margarita DíazAndreu8. Early rock music: methodology to identify and analyze portable lithophones. an example from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in the San Luis Valley, Colorado, USMarilyn Armagast Martorano9. Preliminary insights into the archaeoacoustics of cupmarked sounding rocks in the north area of the Gredos mountain chain, SpainRaquel Jiménez Pasalodos, Martín AlmagroGorbea and Jesús Caballero Arribas10. The rock art soundscapes of the Karakol valley (Republic of Altai, Russia): an archaeoacoustic study of a unique landscapeMargarita DíazAndreu, Raquel Jiménez Pasalodos, Neemias Santos da Rosa, Daniel BenítezAragón and Lidia AlvarezMorales11. Sound imagery in medieval Serbian frescoesZorana or'evi12. Acoustic space then and now: listening to historyTess Knighton13. Estimation of speech intelligibility in the past: learning from Benjamin Franklin's experimentBraxton Boren

Details ISBN Author Neemias Santos da Rosa Pages 256 Year 2024 ISBN-13 9798888571774 Format Paperback Subtitle Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Archaeoacoustics Place of Publication Oxford Edited by Neemias Santos da Rosa UK Release Date 2024-11-15 Publisher Casemate Publishers Imprint Casemate Publishers Country of Publication United States Illustrations 86 B/W photos and line drawings Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2024-10-29 US Release Date 2024-10-29 We've got this

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