id
	11386
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/11386
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Sounds of the blue daemon: A new aural study of the Etruscan Tomba dei Demoni Azzurri, 450–420 BCE
Creator
	Ortoleva, Jacqueline K.
Date
	2023
Language
	eng
Abstract
	The archaeological record of ancient Etruria suggests that different sounds were significant across sacred and secular settings. This is represented in everything from surviving musical instruments to vibrant images of musical performance and religious ritual involving natural phenomena. Nowhere is this more acute than the painted tomb where hundreds of images of musicians and dancers crowd tomb walls with their visually compelling yet silent sounds. Although multiple painted tombs survive intact, we know very little regarding their aural nature. This article presents data from a recent acoustic study in Tarquinia, Italy. The study constitutes the first archaeoacoustic study developed to study the Etruscan archaeological record. Drawing from the resulting acoustic data, the Tomba dei Demoni Azzurri is shown to exhibit similar levels of reverberation documented inside St. Paul's Cathedral in London, particularly in areas of the tomb where funerary rituals were conducted. Aural perception inside the tomb space is of focus, particularly with respect to the transactional nature of sound and vision. The methodology, which was developed to investigate the painted tomb, emphasises the importance of investigating the Etruscan funerary record from an aural perspective, thereby forging a new path forward in assessing the funerary record in pre-Roman Italy and the broader ancient Mediterranean.
Is Part Of
	Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Cited by
	11072
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104000
Issn
	2352-409X
Pages
	104000
Short title
	Sounds of the blue daemon
Uri
	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X2300175X
Volume
	49
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/HZTM5S3U/item-list
Tag
	Tarquinia
	Etruria
	Archaeoacoustics
	pre-Roman
	Central Italy
	sound
	Cognitive
	Funerary
	Tomb paintings

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