Anthropologists long overlooked the acoustics of ancient environments

Evidence

Until recently, anthropologists paid little attention to the acoustics of ancient environments, overlooking the implications and impact of daily living conditions that were much quieter than today. But the very terms acoustic anthropology and archaeoacoustics show budding interest in a fascinating sonic spotlight on early civilizations — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 801

Categorization

• SEED: An article angle: ‘What ancient echo worshippers knew about sound that we’ve forgotten’ — archaeoacoustics as a lens on why quiet mattered to civilizations.
• XREF: Echoes the book’s earlier point about how our noise-acculturated senses distort perception of natural soundscapes. — connects to: Ancient builders sited and shaped structures with acoustic intent. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 721; Visual bias consistently outranks sound in public nature exhibits — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1379; Sound events can be compared historically and geographically by mapping — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 887 (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 801

Broader Connections

• Visual bias consistently outranks sound in public nature exhibits #corroborates (0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1379