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Ethnohistorical sources in archaeoacoustics  research: A case study from South-Central California

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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.

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Versió postprint del capítol 7 publicat a: https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.22361592.10

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Capítol 7 del llibre: Díaz-Andreu, M. & Santos da Rosa, N. (eds.) Exploring ancient sounds and places: theoretical and methodological approaches to archaeoacoustics, Oxford:Oxbow, 2024, pp. 141-158

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Llibres / Capítols de llibre (Història i Arqueologia)

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Ethnohistorical sources in archaeoacoustics  research: A case study from South-Central California