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Archaeoacoustics is a sub-field of archaeology and acoustics which studies the relationship between people and sound throughout history. It is an interdisciplinary field with methodological contributions from acoustics, archaeology, and computer simulation , and is broadly related to topics within cultural anthropology such as experimental ...
Archaeo-optics, or archaeological optics, is the study of the experience and ritual use of light by ancient peoples.Archaeological optics is a branch of sensory archaeology, which explores human perceptions of the physical environment in the remote past, and is a sibling of archaeoastronomy, which deals with ancient observations of celestial bodies, and archaeological acoustics, which deals ...
Archaeoacoustics – study of sound within archaeology. This typically involves studying the acoustics of archaeological sites and artefacts. [1]Aeroacoustics – study of noise generated by air movement, for instance via turbulence, and the movement of sound through the fluid air.
Paul Devereux (born 1945) is a British author, researcher, lecturer, broadcaster, artist and photographer based in the UK. Devereux is a co-founder and the managing editor of the academic publication Time & Mind – the Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, a research associate with the Royal College of Art (2007–2013), and a Research Fellow with the International Consciousness ...
Lindsay's Wheel of Acoustics, which shows fields within acoustics. Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound.
Because archaeoacoustics is a fairly new archaeological subject, acoustic sound is still being tested in these prehistoric sites today. Cbettica65 ( talk ) 12:38, 17 April 2019 (UTC) [ reply ] improvement of this page
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The field of archaeoacoustics uses acoustic techniques to explore prehistoric sounds, soundscapes, and instruments; it has included the study of ringing rocks and lithophones, of the acoustics of ritual sites such as chamber tombs and stone circles, and the exploration of prehistoric instruments using acoustic testing.