Riita Rainio

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Riitta Rainio is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies/Musicology. Her postdoctoral research project “Music and sound practices at prehistoric North European burial, rock art and settlement sites” is funded by the Academy of Finland in 2013–2016.

Contact: riitta.rainio@helsinki.fi (corresponding author)

 

Kristiina Mannermaa is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Department of Philosophy, History, Culture and Art Studies/Archaeology. Her postdoctoral research project “Animal remains in burial contexts in Mesolithic northern Europe” is funded by the Academy of Finland in 2013–2016.

 

Juha Valkeapää is a sound and performance artist, with a 20-year long career of performances, installations, radio pieces, and soundscapes ‒ solos and various group works ‒ vocal, sound, and performance art, theatre, music, dance. The key elements of his art are voice and sound, presence, space, and improvisation. In 2013‒2017 Valkeapää is working with the help of a five year grant allocated by National Council for Theatre.

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  • Recapturing the sounds and sonic experiences of the hunter-gatherers at Ajvide, Gotland, Sweden (3200‒2300 cal BC) (2017) author(s): Riita Rainio published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
    The rich and well-preserved osteological material from the archaeological complex of Ajvide, Gotland (3200‒2300 cal BC), provides favorable conditions for studying prehistoric sounds and soundscapes. Archaeological excavations at the site have uncovered tubular bone artifacts and concentrations of animal tooth pendants that resemble whistles and rattles, the earliest types of sound instruments. The remains of hunted animals, such as seals, boars, dogs and birds, provide a lively picture of the species that were present in the environment. This article aims to evoke the sonic experiences of the people utilizing the site of Ajvide and explore how these hunter-gatherers constructed and responded to their sonic environment. The results of the osteological, organological and soundscape analyses are presented in the form of a scholarly text, samples of studio and field recordings, and a soundtrack that fuses the results together into a nine-minute piece of sound art.
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