Abstract: Studying the sound use in the past, although challenging, is crucial to understand ancient societies (Scarre et al., 2006). In particular, archaeoacoustics of rock art studies how –and why- past communities chose particular acoustic environments to decorate and to set activities related to the production of the paintings (Díaz-Andreu et al., 2015). Sound affects the way people engage with, transform and create environments or places (Blake et al., 2015). Although sound is an ephemeral event, acoustic environments persevere over time (Rainio ...
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