Icons of Sound: Auralizing the Lost Voice of Hagia Sophia

Pentcheva, Bissera V.; Abel, Jonathan S.

doi:10.1086/693439

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“…The character of music depends both on the sound waves produced by musicians and on the acoustics of the environment where it is played (for example, ref. 41 ). Music is recorded in special studios with walls that absorb or diffuse waves to minimize the influence of the environment on the sound and retrieve the ‘pure sound’ of the musicians.…”

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The photometric variability of massive stars due to gravity waves excited by core convection

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Massive stars die in catastrophic explosions that seed the interstellar medium with heavy elements and produce neutron stars and black holes. Predictions of the explosion’s character and the remnant mass depend on models of the star’s evolutionary history. Models of massive star interiors can be empirically constrained by asteroseismic observations of gravity wave oscillations. Recent photometric observations reveal a ubiquitous red noise signal on massive main sequence stars; a hypothesized source of this noise is gravity waves driven by core convection. We present three-dimensional simulations of massive star convection extending from the star’s centre to near its surface, with realistic stellar luminosities. Using these simulations, we predict the photometric variability due to convectively driven gravity waves at the surfaces of massive stars, and find that gravity waves produce photometric variability of a lower amplitude and lower characteristic frequency than the observed red noise. We infer that the photometric signal of gravity waves excited by core convection is below the noise limit of current observations, and thus the red noise must be generated by an alternative process.

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The photometric variability of massive stars due to gravity waves excited by core convection

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“…Researchers following the first began to investigate the acoustic characterization of archaeological sites, seeking links between particular elements in the archaeological record and acoustic properties, such as resonance, speech, and music clarity, or the presence of echoes (see for example Díaz-Andreu & García Benito, 2012;Díaz-Andreu et al 2021b;Fazenda et al, 2017;Reznikoff, 2014;Reznikoff & Dauvois, 1988;. Also within this first perspective, other authors have investigated the psychoacoustic effects of these acoustic properties (Kolar, 2017;Pentcheva & Abel, 2017;Valenzuela et al, 2020). A second major methodology used to study past acoustics, sound, and music is based on the study of oral and written sources in order to seek information regarding the possible epistemological and ontological frameworks in which these sonic behaviors took place (Alarcón-Jiménez et al, 2021;Rusch, 2017;Waller, 2018).…”

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The Soundscapes of the Lower Chuya River Area, Russian Altai: Ethnographic Sources, Indigenous Ontologies and the Archaeoacoustics of Rock Art Sites

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J Archaeol Method Theory

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The acoustics of the Lower Chuya River area rock art landscape are analyzed through both the exploration of its acoustic properties and the ethnographic information gathered about the region. The results obtained in the acoustics tests undertaken in the area, in particular at the rock art sites of Kalbak-Tash I, Kalbak-Tash II, and Adyr-Kan, are examined. They indicate that the perceived loudness resulting from a natural amplification of sound (strength parameter) and music and speech clarity may have been some of the reasons behind the selection of these locations for rock art production. The ethnographic sources related to the Altai and other Siberian areas are then reviewed as a way of providing an ontological framework for the study of Altaian sonic concepts and behaviors in nature. As the sources indicate, at least for the historical period and presumably earlier, in the prehistoric period, all existing beings are entangled by sound, and they mimic each other in endless ways. We argue that these sites were selected in a non-linear relational ontological framework. It is suggested that the multidisciplinary perspective combining archaeology, physical acoustics, and ethnography has considerable potential for providing a new, richer understanding of rock art landscapes.

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“…This type of inquiry differs from others in archaeoacoustics aimed at exploring the kinds of sounds ancient communities were able to produce with musical instruments and their own voices (Sánchez, 2007;Kleinitz, 2008;Kollveit, 2008). It also differs from the studies that examine the intentional creation of special acoustics in the construction of buildings such as pyramids, theaters, or cathedrals (Lubman, 1998;Declercq et al, 2004;Watson, 2008;Abel et al, 2013;Pentcheva and Abel, 2017;Kolar, 2018). The emphasis in the study of rock art soundscapes is on acoustics in natural landscape settings.…”

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“…These sounds then have to be reproduced using one of many audio systems in a prepared listening room (Pätynen and Lokki, 2016). Convolution also allows the production of artificial reverberation imprinting of the IR of a space onto an input audio signal (Pentcheva and Abel, 2017).…”

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“…Major progress in this area has come from the study of architectural acoustics of concert halls and the psychological effects on the audience, especially in terms of emotional responses (Beranek, 1962;Barron, 1971Barron, , 2009Hawkes and Douglas, 1971;Schroeder et al, 1974;Lehmann and Wilkens, 1980;Farina, 2001;Farina et al, 2007;Lokki et al, 2010Lokki et al, , 2011Lokki, 2011;Pätynen and Lokki, 2011, 2018Long, 2014). Progress has also stemmed from studying acoustics in cathedrals, churches, and synagogues (Lubman and Kiser, 2001;Abel et al, 2013;Markham and Azevedo, 2013;Álvarez-Morales et al, 2014;Pedrero et al, 2014;Postma and Katz, 2016a, b;Alonso et al, 2017;Pentcheva and Abel, 2017;Aletta and Kang, 2020), as well as acoustic environments, particularly focusing on noise pollution and human comfort (Cain et al, 2013;Davies, 2013;Davies et al, 2013;Hume and Ahtamad, 2013;Liu and Kang, 2015;Malecki and Piechowicz, 2016).…”

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Psychology Meets Archaeology: Psychoarchaeoacoustics for Understanding Ancient Minds and Their Relationship to the Sacred

2020

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How important is the influence of spatial acoustics on our mental processes related to sound perception and cognition? There is a large body of research in fields encompassing architecture, musicology, and psychology that analyzes human response, both subjective and objective, to different soundscapes. But what if we want to understand how acoustic environments influenced the human experience of sound in sacred ritual practices in premodern societies? Archaeoacoustics is the research field that investigates sound in the past. One of its branches delves into how sound was used in specific landscapes and at sites with rock art, and why past societies endowed a special significance to places with specific acoustical properties. Taking advantage of the advances made in sound recording and reproduction technologies, researchers are now exploring how ancient social and sacred ceremonies and practices related to the acoustic properties of their sound environment. Here, we advocate for the emergence of a new and innovative discipline, experimental psychoarchaeoacoustics. We also review underlying methodological approaches and discuss the limitations, challenges, and future directions for this new field.

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Icons of Sound: Auralizing the Lost Voice of Hagia Sophia

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

The photometric variability of massive stars due to gravity waves excited by core convection

The photometric variability of massive stars due to gravity waves excited by core convection

The Soundscapes of the Lower Chuya River Area, Russian Altai: Ethnographic Sources, Indigenous Ontologies and the Archaeoacoustics of Rock Art Sites

Psychology Meets Archaeology: Psychoarchaeoacoustics for Understanding Ancient Minds and Their Relationship to the Sacred

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