The Ceramic Vessels of Trg: Acoustic Wall Construction in a Medieval Serbian Church

Đorđević, Zorana; Novković, Dragan; Pantelić, Filip

doi:10.1353/cot.2019.0011

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“…In each church the vessels were similar in shape, embedded horizontally, with mouth or pierced bottom oriented towards the church interior space [8]. The exception is the Trg church, in which the vessels were found inbuilt vertically, upside down, behind the finishing layer of a wall in naos [9].…”

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Revisiting archaeoacoustic methodology in the studies of acoustic vessels: application to Brittany and Serbia

Valière,

Bertholon,

Đorđević

et al.

International Symposium the Acoustics of Ancient Theatres

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Ceramic vessels are found embedded in the walls of sacred edifices, built from the medieval to modern period across Europe and the Mediterranean. To better understand the acoustical, building, and religious ideas underneath this practice, the research results need to be mutually comparable. Therefore, this paper suggests a compliant approach that would enable such comparisons. Almost two decades of fieldwork experience led us to define the archaeoacoustic research methodology of acoustic vessels that includes: (1) data collection, (2) data analysis, and (3) a "multi-channeled" dialogue among scientific disciplines. These three phases mainly, but not exclusively, consider the fields of history of religion, archaeology, history of art and architecture, acoustics, and musicology. We draw upon the previously defined methodological requirements, that ensure avoiding anachronism and misinterpretation, and then translate them into practice. We tested the methodology on several case studies from two distinct regions in Europe -Catholic churches in Brittany (France, 15-17 th c.) and Orthodox churches in Serbia (9-15 th c.). Our findings showed that the proposed methodology is particularly important for results comparisons regarding archaeology and acoustics, while the results originating in the field of musicology, religion, and history of art and architecture could be comparable within culturally similar regions.

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Section: Acoustic Vessels In Medieval Serbian Churchesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Revisiting archaeoacoustic methodology in the studies of acoustic vessels: application to Brittany and Serbia

Valière,

Bertholon,

Đorđević

et al.

International Symposium the Acoustics of Ancient Theatres

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Employing Psychoacoustics in Sensory Archaeology: Developments at the Ancient Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Lykaion

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2023

Open Archaeology

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Psychoacoustics offers a promising, subject-centred approach in unlocking the sonic experience of past built spaces. Its tools and metrics offer tempting responses to an essential challenge of sensory archaeology practice: the rendition of individual experience as data. How can one person’s experiences be compared with another’s towards generalized observations? Moreover, what can be said about past experience as a result? These questions are central to the ongoing acoustic consideration of the ancient sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Lykaion. Here the landscape that binds the sanctuary ruins offers noteworthy moments of sonic connectivity and isolation. Building on existing scholarship based on researcher perception, a sensory approach was developed to explore the site’s sonic relationships and ultimately determine what roles they could have played in original site usage, information beyond what the architecture and written record offers. Extensive site research uses first-hand sonic observation to frame a machine-based psychoacoustic analysis of binaural field recordings. Findings map out a sacred terrain of shared and singular experience orchestrated by sonic connectivity made available for further interpretation. They also underscore the necessity of caution in interpreting psychoacoustic findings themselves as an empathetic understanding of past people.

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The Ceramic Vessels of Trg: Acoustic Wall Construction in a Medieval Serbian Church

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Revisiting archaeoacoustic methodology in the studies of acoustic vessels: application to Brittany and Serbia

Revisiting archaeoacoustic methodology in the studies of acoustic vessels: application to Brittany and Serbia

Employing Psychoacoustics in Sensory Archaeology: Developments at the Ancient Sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Lykaion

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