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Acoustics in Music Archaeology: Re-Sounding the Marsoulas Conch and Its Cave

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What can be learned from the sounding of a conch shell after it has been silent for 18,000 years? During the last ice age in what is now southern France, a person or people from the Magdalenian period (see bit.ly/3uCjlMc) procured a giant conch (Charonia lampas) (Figure 1) from the Atlantic Ocean and transported it more than 240 km (150 miles) to a narrow cave in the Pyrenean foothills (Haute-Garonne, France). This elaborately decorated limestone cave, known as Marsoulas (Figure 2), extends from its small opening like a long narrow corridor with a triangular cross section, proportions distinct from the voluminous caves typically known for Upper Paleolithic art.
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Miriam A Kolar, Carole Fritz, Gilles Tosello. Acoustics in Music Archaeology: Re-Sounding the Marsoulas Conch and Its Cave. Acoustics Today, 2022, Acoustics Today, 18 (2), pp.52-61. ⟨10.1121/AT.2022.18.2.52⟩. ⟨hal-03916169⟩
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