Iain Morley
Biographic Data
| ID | 3584659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iain Morley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iain |
| FAMILY NAME | Morley |
| SIGNATURE | MORLEY I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Origins of Musicality
The Pentagram of Performance
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Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
Paper exploring the role of animals and food in the development of feasting ritual in Neolithic Malta "Few social occasions demand greater effort in terms of playacting and ritual behaviour than feasts. These may require clothes to demonstrate status and affil- iation, and the participants must play a role that is almost theatrical, employing special manners and rituals in the public consumption of food. The food served is also different, special…
Death Rituals, Social Order and the Archaeology of Immortality in the Ancient World
The Prehistory of Music
Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest-known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of fields, from neuroscience and psychology to ethnography, archaeology, and its own dedicated field, musicology. Despite the great contributions that these studies have made towards understanding musical behaviours, much remains mysteriou…
The Prehistory of Music
Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest-known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of field, from neuroscience and psychology to ethnography, archaeology and its own dedicated field, musicology. Despite the great contributions that these studies have made towards understanding musical behaviours, much remains mysterious …
Implications of Music in Hunter-Gatherer Societies
This chapter examines the roles and musical behaviours in four very different types of hunting and gathering societies from around the world, including the Native Americans of the Plains, the Aka and Mbuti African Pygmies, the Pintupi-speaking Australian Aborigines, and the Arctic-dwelling Yupik of south-west Alaska and Inuit of Canada. It analyses the cross-cultural characteristics of musical activities and their uses and identifies the common f…
Palaeolithic Music Archaeology 1
This chapter examines archaeological evidence for the existence of pipes or flutes in the first Homo sapiens in Europe around 40,000 years ago. It analyses examples excavated from the Arc Valley sites in Germany and Isturitz in the French Pyrenees. It suggests that recognizable musical behaviours were well developed and played an important role in the lives of anatomically modern humans by the time of the early Upper Palaeolithic Period.
The Archaeology of Measurement
The construction of formal measurement systems underlies the development of science, technology, economy and new ways of understanding and explaining the world. Human societies have developed such systems in different ways, in different places and at different times, and recent archaeological investigations highlight the importance of these activities for fundamental aspects of human life. Measurement systems have provided the structure for addre…
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2009
The paper reports on the third (2009) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project, and on further results from the analysis of materials collected in the previous (2007 and 2008) fieldwork. Sediments in a 14 m-deep core drilled beside the McBurney trench provide an invaluable overview of the overall stratigraphic sequence, including at depths reached by the 1950s Deep Sounding but not yet investigated by the present project. Sampling…
Materializing the transcendent The "roots of spirituality" project, mcdonald institute for archaeological research, cambridge
"Materializing the transcendent The “roots of spirituality” project, mcdonald institute for archaeological research, cambridge." Material Religion, 4(1), pp. 117–118
Mousterian Musicianship? The Case of the Divje Babe I Bone
The reputed Neanderthal ‘flute’ from the Slovenian site of Divje babe I has stimulated much interest and detailed research since the original publication of its discovery in 1997. In spite of nearly ten years' worth of analysis and discussion its status as an artefact has remained ambiguous; nevertheless it is still frequently cited as a ‘flute’. This paper examines the literature and research regarding this object, and finds that much of the amb…
Evolution of the Physiological and Neurological Capacities for Music
Neuropsychological and developmental studies suggest human musical ability has a deep evolutionary history; but we do not find evidence of the manufacture and use of instruments, with which musical behaviours have often been assumed to be equated, until 70,000 years after the advent of Homo sapiens. This anomaly is addressed by examining the evidence from the fossil record for the evolution of the physiology and neurology required for musical beh…
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The excavations of the McBurney backfill have reached a total depth of 7.5 m below the present ground surface, the depth at which two human mandibles were found in the 1950s excavations. Reconnaissance at the Hagfet…
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The excavations of the McBurney backfill have reached a total depth of 7.5 m below the present ground surface, the depth at which two human mandibles were found in the 1950s excavations. Reconnaissance at the Hagfet…
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2009
The paper reports on the third (2009) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project, and on further results from the analysis of materials collected in the previous (2007 and 2008) fieldwork. Sediments in a 14 m-deep core drilled beside the McBurney trench provide an invaluable overview of the overall stratigraphic sequence, including at depths reached by the 1950s Deep Sounding but not yet investigated by the present project. Sampling…
Mousterian Musicianship? The Case of the Divje Babe I Bone
The reputed Neanderthal ‘flute’ from the Slovenian site of Divje babe I has stimulated much interest and detailed research since the original publication of its discovery in 1997. In spite of nearly ten years' worth of analysis and discussion its status as an artefact has remained ambiguous; nevertheless it is still frequently cited as a ‘flute’. This paper examines the literature and research regarding this object, and finds that much of the amb…
Evolution of the Physiological and Neurological Capacities for Music
Neuropsychological and developmental studies suggest human musical ability has a deep evolutionary history; but we do not find evidence of the manufacture and use of instruments, with which musical behaviours have often been assumed to be equated, until 70,000 years after the advent of Homo sapiens. This anomaly is addressed by examining the evidence from the fossil record for the evolution of the physiology and neurology required for musical beh…
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008
The second (2008) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project has significantly advanced understanding of the Haua Fteah stratigraphy and of the archaeology and geomorphology of the landscape in which the cave is located. The excavations of the McBurney backfill have reached a total depth of 7.5 m below the present ground surface, the depth at which two human mandibles were found in the 1950s excavations. Reconnaissance at the Hagfet…
Evolution of the Physiological and Neurological Capacities for Music
Neuropsychological and developmental studies suggest human musical ability has a deep evolutionary history; but we do not find evidence of the manufacture and use of instruments, with which musical behaviours have often been assumed to be equated, until 70,000 years after the advent of Homo sapiens. This anomaly is addressed by examining the evidence from the fossil record for the evolution of the physiology and neurology required for musical beh…
Mousterian Musicianship? The Case of the Divje Babe I Bone
The reputed Neanderthal ‘flute’ from the Slovenian site of Divje babe I has stimulated much interest and detailed research since the original publication of its discovery in 1997. In spite of nearly ten years' worth of analysis and discussion its status as an artefact has remained ambiguous; nevertheless it is still frequently cited as a ‘flute’. This paper examines the literature and research regarding this object, and finds that much of the amb…
Materializing the transcendent The "roots of spirituality" project, mcdonald institute for archaeological research, cambridge
"Materializing the transcendent The “roots of spirituality” project, mcdonald institute for archaeological research, cambridge." Material Religion, 4(1), pp. 117–118
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2009
The paper reports on the third (2009) season of fieldwork of the Cyrenaican Prehistory Project, and on further results from the analysis of materials collected in the previous (2007 and 2008) fieldwork. Sediments in a 14 m-deep core drilled beside the McBurney trench provide an invaluable overview of the overall stratigraphic sequence, including at depths reached by the 1950s Deep Sounding but not yet investigated by the present project. Sampling…
The Archaeology of Measurement
The construction of formal measurement systems underlies the development of science, technology, economy and new ways of understanding and explaining the world. Human societies have developed such systems in different ways, in different places and at different times, and recent archaeological investigations highlight the importance of these activities for fundamental aspects of human life. Measurement systems have provided the structure for addre…
The Prehistory of Music
Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest-known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of fields, from neuroscience and psychology to ethnography, archaeology, and its own dedicated field, musicology. Despite the great contributions that these studies have made towards understanding musical behaviours, much remains mysteriou…
The Prehistory of Music
Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest-known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of field, from neuroscience and psychology to ethnography, archaeology and its own dedicated field, musicology. Despite the great contributions that these studies have made towards understanding musical behaviours, much remains mysterious …
Implications of Music in Hunter-Gatherer Societies
This chapter examines the roles and musical behaviours in four very different types of hunting and gathering societies from around the world, including the Native Americans of the Plains, the Aka and Mbuti African Pygmies, the Pintupi-speaking Australian Aborigines, and the Arctic-dwelling Yupik of south-west Alaska and Inuit of Canada. It analyses the cross-cultural characteristics of musical activities and their uses and identifies the common f…
Palaeolithic Music Archaeology 1
This chapter examines archaeological evidence for the existence of pipes or flutes in the first Homo sapiens in Europe around 40,000 years ago. It analyses examples excavated from the Arc Valley sites in Germany and Isturitz in the French Pyrenees. It suggests that recognizable musical behaviours were well developed and played an important role in the lives of anatomically modern humans by the time of the early Upper Palaeolithic Period.
Death Rituals, Social Order and the Archaeology of Immortality in the Ancient World
The Pentagram of Performance
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Ritual, Play and Belief, in Evolution and Early Human Societies
Paper exploring the role of animals and food in the development of feasting ritual in Neolithic Malta "Few social occasions demand greater effort in terms of playacting and ritual behaviour than feasts. These may require clothes to demonstrate status and affil- iation, and the participants must play a role that is almost theatrical, employing special manners and rituals in the public consumption of food. The food served is also different, special…
Origins of Musicality
Archaeology (9 works) · History (9 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Prehistory (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (3 works) · Art history (3 works)