----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 10:42 PM Subject: Announcement of a new book entitled "Archaeoacoustics" (Cambridge)
Dear Colleagues, See below for some details of a new book entitled "Archaeoacoustics". It will become available in March, and includes a chapter by yours truly, Steve Waller http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9461 Scarre, C. & G. Lawson, 2006. Archaeoacoustics. (McDonald Institute Monographs.) Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. The Contents list is below. Chapter 1 Sound, Place and Space: Towards an Archaeology of Acoustics 1 Chris Scarre Chapter 2 (Un)intentional Sound? Acoustics and Neolithic Monuments 11 Aaron Watson Chapter 3 Ears & Years: Aspects of Acoustics and Intentionality in Antiquity 23 Paul Devereux Chapter 4 Intentionality of Rock-art Placement Deduced from Acoustical Measurements and Echo Myths 31 Steven J. Waller Chapter 5 The Sound Paradox: How to Assess the Potential Significance of Acoustic Archaeological Evidence? 41 Francesco D'Errico & Graeme Lawson Chapter 6 The Scandinavian Bronze Lurs: Accident or Intent? 59 Peter Holmes Chapter 7 Theatres and Theatre Design in the Graeco-Roman World: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches? 71 Eleonora Rocconi Chapter 8 The Evidence of the Use of Sound Resonance from Palaeolithic to Medieval Times 77 Iegor Reznikoff Chapter 9 Large Scale-Small Scale: Medieval Stone Buildings, Early Medieval Timber Halls and the Problem of the Lyre 85 Graeme Lawson Chapter 10 Hunter-gatherer Music and its Implications for Identifying Intentionality in the Use of Acoustic Space 95 Iain Morley Chapter 11 Acoustics and the Human Experience of Socially-organized Sound 107 Ian Cross & Aaron Watson Chapter 12 The Origin of Music and Rhythm 117 Ezra B.W. Zubrow & E.C. Blake __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
