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T1 Cave acoustics in prehistory: Exploring the association of Palaeolithic visual motifs and acoustic response
A1 Fazenda, Bruno
A1 Scarre, Chris
A1 Till, Rupert
A1 Pasalodos, Raquel Jiménez
A1 Guerra, Manuel Rojo
A1 Tejedor, Cristina
A1 Peredo, Roberto Ontañón
A1 Watson, Aaron
A1 Wyatt, Simon
A1 Benito, Carlos García
A1 Drinkall, Helen
A1 Foulds, Frederick
AB During the 1980 s, acoustic studies of Upper Palaeolithic imagery in French caves—using the technology then available—suggested a relationship between acoustic response and the location of visual motifs. This paper presents an investigation, using modern acoustic measurement techniques, into such relationships within the caves of La Garma, Las Chimeneas, La Pasiega, El Castillo, and Tito Bustillo in Northern Spain. It addresses methodological issues concerning acoustic measurement at enclosed archaeological sites and outlines a general framework for extraction of acoustic features that may be used to support archaeological hypotheses. The analysis explores possible associations between the position of visual motifs (which may be up to 40 000 yrs old) and localized acoustic responses. Results suggest that motifs, in general, and lines and dots, in particular, are statistically more likely to be found in places where reverberation is moderate and where the low frequency acoustic response has evidence of resonant behavior. The work presented suggests that an association of the location of Palaeolithic motifs with acoustic features is a statistically weak but tenable hypothesis, and that an appreciation of sound could have influenced behavior among Palaeolithic societies of this region.
SN 0001-4966
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64683
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64683
LA spa
NO Bruno Fazenda, Chris Scarre, Rupert Till, Raquel Jiménez Pasalodos, Manuel Rojo Guerra, Cristina Tejedor, Roberto Ontañón Peredo, Aaron Watson, Simon Wyatt, Carlos García Benito, Helen Drinkall, Frederick Foulds; Cave acoustics in prehistory: Exploring the association of Palaeolithic visual motifs and acoustic response. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 September 2017; 142 (3): 1332–1349. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4998721
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-ago-2024