The Prehistory of Music
Human Evolution, Archaeology, and the Origins of Musicality
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 24 October 2013
- ISBN 9780199234080
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages464 pages
- Size 237x163x34 mm
- Weight 840 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 26 in-text illustrations 0
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Short description:
This volume investigates the evolutionary origins of our musical abilities, the nature of music, and the earliest archaeological evidence for musical activities amongst our ancestors. It seeks to understand the relationship between our musical capabilities and the development of our social, emotional, and communicative abilities as a species.
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Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest-known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of fields, from neuroscience and psychology to ethnography, archaeology, and its own dedicated field, musicology. Despite the great contributions that these studies have made towards understanding musical behaviours, much remains mysterious about this ubiquitous human phenomenon - not least, its origins.
In a ground-breaking study, this volume brings together evidence from these fields, and more, in investigating the evolutionary origins of our musical abilities, the nature of music, and the earliest archaeological evidence for musical activities amongst our ancestors. Seeking to understand the true relationship between our unique musical capabilities and the development of the remarkable social, emotional, and communicative abilities of our species, it will be essential reading for anyone interested in music and human physical and cultural evolution.
[A] superb book ... very clear and easy to follow and understand.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Listof Illustrations
Conceiving Music in Prehistory
Implications of Music in Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Palaeolithic Music Archaeology 1: Pipes
Palaeolithic Music Archaeology 2: Other Sound Producers
The Palaeoanthropology of Vocalisation 1: Vocal Anatomy
The Palaeoanthropology of Vocalisation 2: The Brain and Hearing
Neurological Relationships Between Music and Speech
Vocal Versatility and Complexity in an Evolutionary Context
Vocal Control and Corporeal Control - Vocalisation, Gesture, Rhythm, Movement and Emotion
Emotion and Communication in Music
Rationales for Music in Evolution
Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
