The OTS Foundation
A United States Not-For-Profit
501 (c) (3) educational foundation, dedicated to research and public outreach about the Neolithic Culture of Europe and ancient human beginnings.

THE HYPOGEUM

An intact  prehistoric necropolis provides a matchless opportunity for research on sound behavior in ancient spaces

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SOUND CLIPS

Our most ambitious project yet is in development NOW, including the latest input in Archaeoacoustics. 

We can make an ancient sound experience available to everyone!

A fascinating read, with something for everyone

 2014 ARCHAEOACOUSTICS RESEARCH PROJECT:  HAL-SAFLIENI HYPOGEUM, MALTA  (ca. 3,600- 2,500 BCE)

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THE EXHIBITION 

THE BOOK

Have you ever wondered about the mysteries of the ancient world and possible knowledge that may have been lost? 

We are bringing people together for a different way of exploring the past.
Modern resources are being used to uncover secrets about how early people used sound and how it may have changed them.

"One of the most exciting branches of the new multi-sensory archaeology is archaeoacoustics, the archaeology of sound. Imagine being part of a ritual gathering, standing shivering on a frozen lake to hear the spirits of your ancestors communicating with you from within a cliff face. Think what it would feel like to be deep underground in a cave, listening to the reverberations of a human voice by the flickering light of a flame. The idea that our forebears had a far more intimate relationship with sound than most people do now inspires many students of archaeoacoustics. Some study auditory illusions created by the likes of echoes and acoustic interference. Others are interested in the psychology of sound and how it might influence behaviour. Still others investigate how certain wavelengths affect our physiology by changing the way our brains work. Science, it seems, is finally catching up with what shamans have always known about the consciousness-altering power of sound." 
- Kate Douglas, Features Editor "New Scientist" (in her Foreward for the publication of the 2014 conference)