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  • Sounds of Etruria: aural characteristics of the Tomba dell'Orco, Tarquinia

  • Jacqueline K. Ortoleva
  • Journal:
    Antiquity / Volume 95 / Issue 383 / October 2021
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    18 August 2021, pp. 1179-1194
    Print publication:
    October 2021

  • This article presents the results of an archaeoacoustic analysis conducted inside the three chambers of the fourth-century BC Etruscan painted tomb of Tomba dell'Orco at Tarquinia. Using digital sound samples and an acoustic recording protocol, the study demonstrates how, in some areas of the tomb, low-frequency sounds, such as drumming and chanting, produce lengthy reverberation times. These effects may have been associated with the natural rumble of thunder, which played a significant role in Etruscan society, as indicated in secondary literary sources and material culture. The study provides a more comprehensive understanding of the Etruscan tomb space, while identifying new avenues of research in pre-Roman and other ancient Mediterranean funerary contexts.