Sound archaeology: terminology, Palaeolithic cave art and the soundscape

World Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 292-304

  Till, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acoustics; archaeoacoustics; archaeology; caves; Music; Palaeolithic; sound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; MUSIC; PALEOLITHIC; ROCK ART; TERMINOLOGY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84903457474     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2014.909106     Document Type: Article

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