The Prehistory of Music
Human Evolution, Archaeology, and the Origins of Musicality
Seiten
2013
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-923408-0 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-923408-0 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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.
Dr Iain Morley is Lecturer in Palaeoanthropology and Human Sciences at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Hugh's College. He teaches human evolution and the evolution of human cognition. Particular areas of interest include the emergence of ritual and religion, Palaeolithic imagery, and the evolutionary origins and archaeology of music.
PREFACE; LISTOF ILLUSTRATIONS; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.10.2013 |
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Zusatzinfo | 26 in-text illustrations |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 163 x 237 mm |
Gewicht | 840 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-923408-6 / 0199234086 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-923408-0 / 9780199234080 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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