Archaeoacoustics

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the role of sound in historical artifacts and sites. uncountable

    "In the nascent science of archeoacoustics, experts test the ancient sites for locations of "sonic intensity": echoes, rocks that gong when struck, etc."

  2. 2
    The theory that patterns on ancient artifacts encode the sounds produced while they were being created, now considered a pseudoscience. uncountable

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"In the nascent science of archeoacoustics, experts test the ancient sites for locations of "sonic intensity": echoes, rocks that gong when struck, etc."

Etymology

From archaeo- + acoustics.

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