Acoustic Measurements at the Rock Painting of Värikallio, Northern Finland
In Northern Finland, by the rock painting of Värikallio (ca. 3000–500 BC), several echoes can be heard. The most remarkable of these appear to be originating from the painted rock itself. The article presents the first results of the research project that seeks to explore the role of sound in the de...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/164521 2024-01-07T09:45:27+01:00 Acoustic Measurements at the Rock Painting of Värikallio, Northern Finland Rainio, Riitta Lahelma, Antti Äikäs, Tiina Lassfolk, Kai Okkonen, Jari Eneix, Linda C. Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies Archaeology Musicology 2016-06-27T08:30:01Z 12 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/164521 eng eng Archaeoacoustics 9781497591264 Rainio , R , Lahelma , A , Äikäs , T , Lassfolk , K & Okkonen , J 2014 , Acoustic Measurements at the Rock Painting of Värikallio, Northern Finland . in L C Eneix (ed.) , Archaeoacoustics : The Archaeology of Sound : Publication of Proceedings from the 2014 Conference in Malta . The OTS Foundation , Myakka City, Florida , pp. 141-152 , International Multi-disciplinary Conference on The Archaeology of Sound , Balzan , Malta , 19/02/2014 . conference ORCID: /0000-0002-6517-6109/work/37824852 ORCID: /0000-0003-0995-3900/work/39205182 ORCID: /0000-0003-3879-4195/work/38129681 fe860ed6-ca3a-43e3-97f5-5eb86551a7ce http://hdl.handle.net/10138/164521 openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 6131 Theatre dance music other performing arts Archaeoacoustics Drums 615 History and Archaeology Rock art Conference contribution publishedVersion 2016 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:08:35Z In Northern Finland, by the rock painting of Värikallio (ca. 3000–500 BC), several echoes can be heard. The most remarkable of these appear to be originating from the painted rock itself. The article presents the first results of the research project that seeks to explore the role of sound in the development and use of Finnish rock art and Sámi offering sites. Field recordings, made at the site of Värikallio in summer 2013, are analyzed with a sound analysis and visualization toolkit, and interpreted with the help of GIS data and a 3D model of the site. A probable depiction of a drummer, identified in the painting in the course of the fieldwork, provides a further clue to the significance of sound rituals at rock paintings. Non peer reviewed Conference Object Northern Finland HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository |
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In Northern Finland, by the rock painting of Värikallio (ca. 3000–500 BC), several echoes can be heard. The most remarkable of these appear to be originating from the painted rock itself. The article presents the first results of the research project that seeks to explore the role of sound in the development and use of Finnish rock art and Sámi offering sites. Field recordings, made at the site of Värikallio in summer 2013, are analyzed with a sound analysis and visualization toolkit, and interpreted with the help of GIS data and a 3D model of the site. A probable depiction of a drummer, identified in the painting in the course of the fieldwork, provides a further clue to the significance of sound rituals at rock paintings. Non peer reviewed |
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Acoustic Measurements at the Rock Painting of Värikallio, Northern Finland |
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Acoustic Measurements at the Rock Painting of Värikallio, Northern Finland |
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Acoustic Measurements at the Rock Painting of Värikallio, Northern Finland |
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Archaeoacoustics 9781497591264 Rainio , R , Lahelma , A , Äikäs , T , Lassfolk , K & Okkonen , J 2014 , Acoustic Measurements at the Rock Painting of Värikallio, Northern Finland . in L C Eneix (ed.) , Archaeoacoustics : The Archaeology of Sound : Publication of Proceedings from the 2014 Conference in Malta . The OTS Foundation , Myakka City, Florida , pp. 141-152 , International Multi-disciplinary Conference on The Archaeology of Sound , Balzan , Malta , 19/02/2014 . conference ORCID: /0000-0002-6517-6109/work/37824852 ORCID: /0000-0003-0995-3900/work/39205182 ORCID: /0000-0003-3879-4195/work/38129681 fe860ed6-ca3a-43e3-97f5-5eb86551a7ce http://hdl.handle.net/10138/164521 |
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