The main objective of this review is to consider what archaeology can contribute to general
anthropological theories on “ritual in its own right” and to highlight the potential for …

Human existence is accompanied by environmental sounds as by-products of people's
activities and sounds that are intentionally generated to allow human society to function. The …

The interdisciplinary study of acoustics/sound and heritage occurs in different countries and
cultures, but there is no uniform consensus on the terminology and definitions of the field …

Palaeolithic stone plaquettes are a type of mobiliary art featuring engravings and recovered
primarily from Magdalenian sites, where they can number from single finds to several …

This paper explores the acoustics of three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: five caves in
Spain that feature prehistoric paintings that are up to 40,000 years old; Stonehenge stone …

Since the 1980s, research into aggregation sites has focused on the material dimension of
the archaeological record and has thus led to an incomplete view of the prehistoric reality …

Approaches to Palaeolithic art have increasingly shifted beyond the traditional focus on
engraved or depicted forms in isolation, to appreciating the sensorial experience of art …

The influence of pareidolia has often been anecdotally observed in examples of Upper
Palaeolithic cave art, where topographic features of cave walls were incorporated into …

In the last few years, archaeoacoustic studies of rock art sites and landscapes have
undergone significant growth as a result of renewed interest in the intangible aspects of the …

In northern Finland, near the canyon lakes of Julma-Ölkky, Somerjärvi, and Rotkojärvi, steep
rock cliffs produce distinctive acoustic spaces. On these cliffs, prehistoric rock paintings …