Essays about: "music archaeology"

Found 3 essays containing the words music archaeology.

  1. 1. Tuning the grave : Early auloi as grave goods

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Karl Appelgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Ancient music; auloi; music archaeology; archaeology of death and burial; Antik musik; auloi; musikarkeologi; begravningsarkeologi;

    Abstract : The aulos was the most important wind instrument in the ancient Greek world. In this thesis, the eight pre-Hellenistic graves in which auloi have been found are investigated with the aim of understanding auloi as grave goods. READ MORE

  2. 2. Early Lyres in Context - A Comparative Contextual Study on Early Lyres and the Identity of Their Owner/User

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Julia Hillberg; [2015]
    Keywords : identity; grave; context; Scandinavian; continental; Anglo-Saxon; bridge; Germanic round-lyre; Music Archaeology; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : Prehistorical musical instruments have been explored in archaeology more systematically since the 1970s when music archaeology was established as a field of study. The new awareness initially led to studies centred on retrieving musical instruments that had been missed and were now lost in archives. New discoveries, too, are very object-oriented. READ MORE

  3. 3. Flute Lines: Experiencing Reconstructions Concerning Music

    University essay from Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV

    Author : Frances Gill; [2012]
    Keywords : Experimental archaeology; music archaeology; flute; reconstruction; experience; senses; tacit knowledge; lines; re-enactment; time travel; praxis.;

    Abstract : This study elevates the importance of experience, the senses and tacit knowledge in relation to archaeology with a focus on music. With this I take up a thread drawing on theoretical aspects of Polanyi’s ‘Tacit Dimension’ and ‘Ingold’s Lines’. READ MORE