archaeoacoustics en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)der. English archaeo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English acoustics English archaeoacoustics From archaeo- + acoustics.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The study of the role of sound in historical artifacts and sites.
Interestingly, the field of archaeoacoustics suggests that the design of sound- shaping sculptures by humans may have a much longer history than previously thought.
2014, Nina Levent, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, The Multisensory Museum: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Touch, Sound, Smell, Memory, and Space, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 98:In the nascent science of archeoacoustics, experts test the ancient sites for locations of "sonic intensity": echoes, rocks that gong when struck, etc.
2007, Albert Goldbarth, The Kitchen Sink: New and Selected Poems, 1972-2007, Graywolf Press:
- (uncountable) The theory that patterns on ancient artifacts encode the sounds produced while they were being created, now considered a pseudoscience.