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Music and storytelling at rock art sites? the archaeoacoustics of the Urkosh area (Russian Altai)
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In this article, the potential of archaeoacoustics for understanding past communities is discussed by looking at a range of acoustic parameters. Our case study is the Urkosh rock art area in the Ongudai district, Republic of Altai (Russia). The rock art of this area dates possibly from the Upper Palaeolithic and definitely from the Early Bronze Age (second half of the third millennium BCE). There are important periods in the Early Iron Age (first half of the first millennium BCE) and the medieval era, after which there are later additions up to the present day. Major and minor sites were tested, as well as some with no art. The results obtained from the tests conducted using the impulse response method indicate high values for sound clarity not only in the rock art sites but also in at least one nearby panel without rock art. Although these results cannot explain why rock art was produced precisely in specific locations, they objectively describe the acoustic conditions under which particular intangible cultural practices were probably organised in them. In particular we focus on storytelling and music, cultural practices for which there is a wealth of information in the ethnographic sources written about the area.
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BENÍTEZ-ARAGÓN, Daniel, DÍAZ-ANDREU, Margarita, ROZWADOWSKI, Andrzej, JIMÉNEZ PASALODOS, Raquel, SANTOS DA ROSA, Neemias, ÁLVAREZ MORALES, Lidia. Music and storytelling at rock art sites? the archaeoacoustics of the Urkosh area (Russian Altai). _Open Archaeology_. 2023. Vol. 9, núm. 1. [consulta: 23 de gener de 2026]. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/220890]