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| Hola mi amigos y amigas...long-time lurker here. Found this interesting: http://phys.org/news/2014-10-a[...]illusions-prehistoric-art.html Some of mankind's earliest and most mysterious artistic achievements—including prehistoric cave paintings, canyon petroglyphs and megalithic structures such as Stonehenge—may have been inspired by the behaviors of sound waves being misinterpreted as "supernatural." ... Other acoustical characteristics may have also been misinterpreted by ancient cultures unaware of sound wave theory. Waller noticed a resemblance between an interference pattern and Stonehenge, so he set up an interference pattern in an open field with just two flutes "droning the same note" to explore what it would sound like. "The quiet regions of destructive sound wave cancellation, in which the high pressure from one flute cancelled the low pressure from the other flute, gave blindfolded subjects the illusion of a giant ring of rocks or 'pillars' casting acoustic shadows," Waller said. He traveled to England and demonstrated that Stonehenge does indeed radiate acoustic shadows that recreate the same pattern as interference. "My theory that musical interference patterns served as blueprints for megalithic stone circles—many of which are called Pipers' Stones—is supported by ancient legends of two magic pipers who enticed maidens to dance in a circle and turned them all into stones," Waller noted. Reply | with quote | Posted by Bonji 28th October 2014ce 15:47 |
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