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| Troutbreath User Info... | This could give a whole new meaning to the term "Stone Age Man": Stone Age Tombs Were Low Frequency Amplifiers [Original headline: Stone Age man’s sound system] Stone Age man deliberately built his tombs 5,000 years ago to create a "wall of sound", new research reveals. Tombs in Orkney and standing stone circles in Aberdeenshire were constructed to amplify the music until it left worshippers in a trance-like state. And the effect of the low-frequency sound, which was mood altering, would be amplified by light. The discoveries were made by two scientific teams, working in parallel, examining Neolithic sites in Scotland, England and Ireland. Dr David Keating, of Reading University, said: "Stone Age people were a lot more sophisticated than we have given them credit for. We are seeing here a sophistication in acoustics that is apparent to us in the sophistication of the building, in its architecture, and its astronomical alliance. It has opened our eyes." Dr Keating, of the cybernetics department, had begun his investigation with colleague Dr Aaron Watson. The archaeologist had made an accidental discovery while on a visit to the 13 standing stones at Easter Aquorthies, near Inverurie, in Aberdeenshire. "When I first visited the circle, what struck me was, as I moved across the very central region of the monument, I heard an increase in volume - it became a fuller sound. "Moving across the site, I heard those sounds suddenly decrease." • Story originally published by: The Scotsman / Edinburgh | John Innes - Nov 12.01 - Sat, 15 Jan 2005 12:25am | ||
| josh User Info... | Im tripping out man.... - Sat, 15 Jan 2005 1:05pm | ||
| Mi*coll* User Info... | interesting. i'd like to see the design. how does a room (or a cave) amplify all frequencies, i wonder? i mean, certain rooms will vibrate at one tone and amplify that- but all?? - Mon, 17 Jan 2005 1:21am | ||
| Troutbreath User Info... | There is a follow up TV program called "Sounds of the Stone Age" that looks at some of the findings. The Barrows all seem to be tuned to a typical note of the male baritone. The largest and most important barrow, Newgrange tomb has rock carvings that reproduce the sound waves. The scientists did an experiment with a closed tube that represented the entrance to this barrow. Dust and smoke introduced into the tube formed patterns according to the standing wave of the sound. This pattern corresponded exactly to the carvings on the wall. One of the people interviewed for this show has the following website: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9461/ concerning other Rock Art accoustic sites. - Mon, 17 Jan 2005 8:58am | ||
| the pine tree savage User Info... | The original stoners were probably from the stone age, heh the stoned age, buncha dirty cavemen, hanging around a fire, smokin grass till they passed out, and got a headache, imagine when they finally found dope, wow man - Mon, 17 Jan 2005 5:34pm | ||
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| the pine tree savage User Info... | You like that, I posted that picture, I think its pretty, wow color man - Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:07pm | ||
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