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 …