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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
THE STUDY OF SOUND AT ANCIENT SITES (Archaeoacoustics)ICRL Project 1995-1996�Slide Number 3RINGING ROCKS/�LITHOPHONESSlide Number 5Slide Number 6Musical pillars, Vitthal Temple, Hampi (Vijayanagara)Slide Number 8Slide Number 9Slide Number 10Slide Number 11Slide Number 12Slide Number 13Slide Number 14Slide Number 15Slide Number 16Slide Number 17Slide Number 18‘Seeing sound’Slide Number 20Slide Number 21Slide Number 22Slide Number 23Slide Number 24Slide Number 25Slide Number 26Slide Number 27Slide Number 28