Auditory archaeology : understanding sound and hearing in the past / by Steve Mills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, Steve, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Methodology.

Archaeology.

Hearing--Social aspects--History.

Hearing.

Sounds--Social aspects--History.

Sounds.

Sounds--Psychological aspects--History.

Archaeology--Social aspects.

Senses and sensation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Auditory archaeology considers the potential contribution of everyday, mundane and unintentional sounds in the past and how these may have been significant to people. Steve Mills explores ways of examining evidence to identify intentionality with respect to the use of sound, drawing on perception psychology as well as soundscape and landscape studies of various kinds. His methodology provides a flexible and widely applicable set of elements that can be adapted for use in a broad range of archaeological and heritage contexts. The outputs of this research form the case studies of the Teleor

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction to auditory archaeology

ch. 2. The nature of sound

ch. 3. A history of sound and hearing research

ch. 4. Studies of sound in (pre)history

ch. 5. An auditory archaeology

ch. 6. Auditory archaeology in the Teleorman River Valley

ch. 7. Auditory archaeology at Çatalhöyük

ch. 8. Auditory archaeology in West Penwith

ch. 9. Conclusion.

Notes:

Originally published 2014 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and index.

ISBN:

9781315433394

1315433397

9781315433417

1315433419

9781611320817

161132081X

OCLC:

883632013