Similar in technology and acoustic style to the xylophone, lithopones are rocks that have been used to make music and sounds for thousands of years and all over the planet. Long and usually skinny, lithophones are rocks that are either natural or have been shaped to produce certain sounds or notes. On today's episode we talk to Marilyn Martorano about her research into lithophones in the American Southwest.
Links
- REPORT: Archaeological Assessment of Lithophones of Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and the San Luis Valley, Colorado
- http://lithophones.net/
- https://cozine.com/2017-january/ancient-tones-lithopones/
- Lithophones from the San Luis Valley, Colorado: Utilizing Sound as a New Functional Dimension for Ground Stone Artifact Analysis and Interpretation (PDF)
- Lithophone Video 1
- Lithophone Video 2
- Lithophone Video 3
- Lithophone Video 4
- Lithophone Video 5
Contact
- Chris Webster