TY - T1 - Talking Rocks, Illusory Sounds and Projections of the Otherworld: Acoustics of Sacred Sites As a Magic Media in Shamanic Cultures SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/340341 T3 - Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies A1 - Shpinitskaya, Julia; Rainio, Riitta A2 - Rein, Katharina PB - Routledge Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - The archaeoacoustic team of the University of Helsinki has been studying how sacred sites in Northern Europe, used by shamanic cultures since prehistoric times, are home to remarkable acoustic properties. This chapter focuses on natural-site acoustics as a magic tool in ritual practices. Based on our acoustic measurements as well as experimental sound tests carried out during in situ studies of prehistoric and historic sacred sites in Finland, we discuss possible sound media (voice, instruments,... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 615 History and Archaeology; Archaeomusicology; acoustic study of the sacred sites N1 - PP - ER -