@inbook{0e0e0e43f4244588927ed6e6af56c339,
title = "The evolution of music: The development of sonic representation and meaning",
abstract = "This chapter explores how the representation of music has developed within human cultures. It begins by discussing the soundscapes of prehistoric landscapes, in order to better understand the acoustic ecologies of the past. This is followed by investigating the role of music within societies, addressing how music interacts with work, ritual, and trance. Discussion of lithophones, drums, and dancing is followed by addressing bone pipes, the earliest musical instrument archaeologists found, exploring music as technology for socialization and community. Bronze horns in Europe such as the Carnyx and Greek and Roman music provide evidence of complex technological processes applied to music making, showing an increasing sophistication in the use of technology to create sonic meanings. The paper concludes that the representation of meaning in sound through an aural symbolic language, combines semiotics and embodied knowledge in complex networks of understanding that play a significant role in human cultures.",
keywords = "Music, Acoustics, Prehistory, Sound, Soundscape",
author = "Rupert Till",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198813781.013.22",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780198813781",
series = "Oxford Library of Psychology",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
editor = "Nathalie Gontier and Lock, {Andy } and Sinha, {Chris }",
booktitle = "The Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution",
address = "United States",
}