Abstract
This paper aims to investigate digital heritage and acoustical techniques for exploring sonic heritage of archaeological sites and performative spaces. Through the analysis of case studies in Greece and in Italy, this paper intends to highlight a new approach to the development of the relationship between space, sound, and environment and a novel method in deciphering the sonic heritage of ancient spaces thanks to digital technology.
Highlights
In the current scientific debate on these issues, new approaches and methods related to the use of technology and virtual acoustic analysis of archaeological sites have been fundamental in providing useful data for interpreting the sonic world of the past
From what has emerged from this overview on the study of sonic heritage through digital technology and virtual acoustic analysis, it is clear how the commitment of intersection of sensory sonic concerns with sonic heritage preservation and management, offering new insights for understanding the past [40]
An important element to arise from the recent research concerns acoustic properties that can be identified and associated with archaeological spaces: revisiting materials from old excavations as well as analysing discoveries in the context of data from new surveys is providing a hypothesis on their abandonment, perhaps connected to the demand for spaces in which a larger listening audience could be involved
Summary
The relationship between sound and the spaces where life took place in the ancient world is a fundamental aspect of understanding the past. Today, this relationship can be investigated using a new approach in the study of material evidence through technology [1]. Numerous studies have been dedicated to the Greek architectural heritage, especially to places of worship and of performances as ancient theatres. Such studies generally focus on the visual and geometrical dimensions. Through an approach that aims to recognise and investigate the religious and public spaces of the past as “embodied spaces” and “sensory artefacts” [4,5], we can raise hypotheses on the sound experience in the ancient world and on the complex relationship between spaces and social interactions, making use of the potential provided by the application of
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