According to a new analysis of paleolithic caves in France, prehistoric peoples chose places of natural resonant sound to draw their famed cave sketches. This research, known as archaeoacoustics, has shown that ancient rock art was often placed on surfaces or in locations that focus, amplify, and transform the sounds of human voices and musical instruments. Instruments such as bone flutes and bullroarers; bone and ivory instruments that whir rhythmically when spun, have been found in decorated caves. Read more.
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