Lascaux Cave Acoustic Art
17000 BCE
Research by archaeologist Iegor Reznikoff has revealed that the painted animals in the Lascaux caves are concentrated in the areas of the cave with the strongest acoustic resonance — where sounds echo, reverberate, or create unusual effects. In areas of poor acoustics, there are few or no paintings. This suggests that Palaeolithic artists 17,000 years ago were deliberately marking acoustically significant locations, possibly because the sounds enhanced the spiritual power of the images.