id
	11388
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/11388
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	Sounds of Etruria: aural characteristics of the Tomba dell'Orco, Tarquinia
Creator
	Ortoleva, Jacqueline K.
Date
	2021
Language
	eng
Abstract
	,  This article presents the results of an archaeoacoustic analysis conducted inside the three chambers of the fourth-century BC Etruscan painted tomb of Tomba dell'Orco at Tarquinia. Using digital sound samples and an acoustic recording protocol, the study demonstrates how, in some areas of the tomb, low-frequency sounds, such as drumming and chanting, produce lengthy reverberation times. These effects may have been associated with the natural rumble of thunder, which played a significant role in Etruscan society, as indicated in secondary literary sources and material culture. The study provides a more comprehensive understanding of the Etruscan tomb space, while identifying new avenues of research in pre-Roman and other ancient Mediterranean funerary contexts.
Is Part Of
	Antiquity
Cited by
	11072
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.111
Issn
	0003-598X, 1745-1744
Issue
	383
Pages
	1179-1194
Short title
	Sounds of Etruria
Uri
	https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/sounds-of-etruria-aural-characteristics-of-the-tomba-dellorco-tarquinia/C1AFF4979625901489F1B097376137B7
Volume
	95
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/6UXZJNYB/item-list
Tag
	Italy
	funerary archaeology
	archaeoacoustics
	sound
	Etruscan tomb
	thunder

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