An Archaeoacoustics Analysis of Cistercian Architecture: The Case of the Beaulieu Abbey [PDF]
Acoustics, 2021 The Cistercian order is of acoustic interest because previous research has hypothesized that Cistercian architectural structures were designed for longer reverberation times in order to reinforce Gregorian chants.
Sebastian Duran +2 more
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Negative Space: An Alternative Framework for Archaeoacoustics [PDF]
Journal of CognitionHearing the remote past seems impossible. Archaeoacoustics is a contemporary field intent on reconstructing the evolution of early communication systems, offering the possibility of developing methodologies relating to past sound signaling and music ...
Victoria Pham, Roland Fletcher
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Archaeoacoustics around the World: A Literature Review (2016–2022) [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2023 Acoustics has been integrated with archaeology to better understand the social and cultural context of past cultures. Specifically, public events such as rituals or ceremonies, where an appreciation of sound propagation was required to hold an event ...
Gustavo Navas-Reascos +2 more
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Music and Storytelling at Rock Art Sites? The Archaeoacoustics of the Urkosh Area (Russian Altai) [PDF]
Open Archaeology, 2023 In this article, the potential of archaeoacoustics for understanding past communities is discussed by looking at a range of acoustic parameters. Our case study is the Urkosh rock art area in the Ongudai district, Republic of Altai (Russia).
Díaz-Andreu Margarita +5 more
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Psychology Meets Archaeology: Psychoarchaeoacoustics for Understanding Ancient Minds and Their Relationship to the Sacred [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 How important is the influence of spatial acoustics on our mental processes related to sound perception and cognition? There is a large body of research in fields encompassing architecture, musicology, and psychology that analyzes human response, both ...
Jose Valenzuela +7 more
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Presenting Archaeoacoustics Results Using Multimedia and VR Technologies [PDF]
Open Archaeology, 2023 Music and sound cannot be experienced through writing and numbers. Writing freezes time onto paper; as a time-based medium, sound cannot be heard without temporal motion, and acoustic metrics are silent data.
Till Rupert
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Archaeoacoustics: Research on Past Musics and Sounds
Annual Review of AnthropologyArchaeoacoustics is a multidisciplinary subfield of archaeology that explores the sounds and music of the past, focusing on sound-producing devices and acoustical spaces. It encompasses music archaeology, which examines instruments and musical practices, and acoustical archaeology, which studies soundscapes of architectural and natural environments ...
Margarita Díaz‐Andreu
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Acoustic perception and emotion evocation by rock art soundscapes of Altai (Russia) [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The major goal of psychoarchaeoacoustics is to understand the psychology behind motivations and emotions of past communities when selecting certain acoustic environments to set activities involving the production of paintings and carvings.
Samantha López-Mochales +10 more
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Experimental Enhancement of Feelings of Transcendence, Tenderness, and Expressiveness by Music in Christian Liturgical Spaces [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 In western cultures, when it comes to places of worship and liturgies, music, acoustics and architecture go hand in hand. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether the emotions evoked by music are enhanced by the acoustics of the space where ...
Samantha López-Mochales +13 more
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Archaeoacoustic Examination of Lazarica Church [PDF]
Acoustics, 2019 The acoustic analysis provides additional information on building tradition and related indoor practice that includes sound, thus deepening our understanding of architectural heritage. In this paper, the sound field of the Orthodox medieval church Lazarica (Kruševac city, Serbia) is examined.
Zorana Đorđević +2 more
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