Psychoacoustic and Archeoacoustic nature of ancient Aztec skull whistles

Abstract Many ancient cultures used musical tools for social and ritual procedures, with the Aztec skull whistle being a unique exemplar from postclassic Mesoamerica. Skull whistles can produce softer hiss-like but also aversive and scream-like sounds that were potentially meaningful either for sacr...

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Main Authors: Sascha Frühholz, Pablo Rodriguez, Mathilde Bonard, Florence Steiner, Marine Bobin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Communications Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00157-7
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