Study: Why Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams
Aztec death whistles don’t fit into any existing Western classification for wind instruments; they seem to be a unique kind of “air spring” whistle, based on CT scans of some of the artifacts. Sascha Frühholz, a cognitive and affective neuroscientist at the University of Zürich, and several colleagues wanted to learn more about the physical […]
November 20, 2024 | acoustics, anthropology, archaeoacoustics, aztec culture, experimental archaeology, psychoacoustics, Science | No comments