September 15, 2011 08:05AM
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Katherine Reece Wrote:
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> Katherine Griffis-Greenberg Wrote:
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> and my husband, on the opposite
> > end of the circle, heard every word I said
> (he in fact thought I was speaking to him).
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> How we can be certain that the acoustics were
> intentional at Stonehenge? When you've got large
> vertical slabs, or mounds of rock, sound is going
> to bounce off them or have unintentional acoustic
> oddities. A good example would be the "whispering
> gallery" at Grand Central terminal in New York.
>
> I don't doubt for a second that ancient
> civilizations were capable of this sort of
> engineering, I'm just not sure how we can ever
> jump the "possibly" part of this discussion at
> most of the sites where it's suggested. Of course
> that's like a lot of other debates.
Indeed: intention for the building of Stonehenge was not what I was speaking of when I wrote the post: only to show that the sounds do reverberate within the circle, even today. It's very possible the stone circle was built for a totally different intention, but the fact the circle reverberates sound
as well may have added to the ritual intent of the circle.
If, as proposed by Stonehenge archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson, Stonehenge was built to honour or memorialise the dead, then certain rituals were likely carried out within the circle. If they found that the circle reverberated, then those carrying out the rituals would possibly have incorporated this feature into the process.
Katherine
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