THE STUDY OF SOUND AT ANCIENT SITES (Archaeoacoustics)

ICRL Project 1995-1996

Finding the fundamental acoustic resonance frequency of megalithic chambers

Newgrange, Ireland

110 Hz

Quantitative EEG

(Ian Cook et al.)

90 Hz 130 Hz

110 Hz

RINGING ROCKS/LITHOPHONES

Balaphetrist Ringing Rock, Tiree, Scotland

PICTURE: N.L BOIVIN

INDIA

Neolithic rock art on ringing rocks

Musical pillars, Vitthal Temple, Hampi (Vijayanagara)

Thousand Pillar Hall, Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

Ringing rock at vision quest site, Zion Wash, southern California. (c.500 AD)

LANDSCAPE AND PERCEPTIONPROJECT

Royal College of Art, LondonJon Wozencroft – Paul Devereux

www.landscape-perception.com

Royal College of Art: Jon Wozencroft, Paul Devereux

Source area of the Stonehenge Bluestones

Bluestones

‘Seeing sound’

Prof. Robert Jahnand Kunst tube

The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, Malta

ICRL/ DRAGON PROJECT / METAGEUM Joint Project 2007

The ‘Oracle Room’

Acoustic niche/ recess

Picture: Paul Devereux/ Heritage Malta

Paul Devereux/Heritage Malta

www.tandfonline.com/rtamwww.pauldevereux.co.uk

Amazon books, etc.

www.dragonprojecttrust.org

www.landscape-perception.com

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