2026-04-13T06:59:10Zhttps://recercat.cat/oai/requestoai:recercat.cat:2445/2211862026-04-08T07:55:17Zcom_2072_1057col_2072_478857col_2072_478917
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Alarcón Jiménez, Ana María
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Jiménez Pasalodos, Raquel
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Díaz-Andreu, Margarita
2025-05-23T10:23:10Z2025-10-01T05:10:20Z2024-10
This article explores the use of ethnohistoric data for the understandings of the
acoustic and sound-world of rock art sites. A discussion on the complexities of using
ethnohistorical documents in the study of rock art and archaeoacoustics is made using
Yokuts rock art as a case study. The analysis follows five lines of evidence: the placement
of rock art, first, in sonorous landscapes and, second, in places with “special” acoustics;
the representation of musical practices and sound-producing instruments; the evidence
of musical instruments in the period under study and, finally, the production of rock art
at or near lithophones. It is concluded that critically reading ethnohistorical sources may
reveal conceptual inadequacies when approaching the cultural understanding of sound
in other cultures and assist the research questions followed in fieldwork. Finally, the
analysis of ethnohistorical sources makes archaeoacousticians undertaking fieldwork
aware of possible sites and lines of research that could be sensitive and/or restricted
to certain members of the society involved.
(c) Oxbow Books, 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Etnohistòria
Arqueologia
Acústica
Ethnohistory
Archaeology
Acoustics
Ethnohistorical sources in archaeoacoustics research: A case study from South-Central California
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