IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Modified conch shell used ...

Conch shells, found buried at ancient Pueblo sites in New Mexico, were likely used as communication devices across the arid landscape. James Wainscoat via Unsplash If you were standing on the edge of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Conch shell used for signaling. Has 1 ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Picture an archaeological site, what comes to mind ...

If you were standing on the edge of a canyon in the San Juan Basin of the Colorado Plateau about 1,200 years ago, you may have heard a loud, distant sound reverberating off the rock faces and ...

The folks working on musical permutations of this should consider the use of conch horns in an ensemble. This was most likely not the only instrument ever used by these people, just the one we've ...

I joined Ars for the technology and astrophysics, but it's these archaeology articles that I've really found the most fascinating of late. It's really amazing how much we can learn from such ancient ...

A new exhibit at Musical Instrument Museum is showcasing some iconic instruments throughout history, from a conch shell trumpet to what is believed to be the first full-sized guitar. Kristen Stewart ...

Miquel López-García is an archaeologist. He’s also a professional trumpeter, performing in many styles from jazz and funk to salsa and Catalan folk music. And as a child, he told The Guardian, he ...

(CN) — Scientists have concluded that an ancient conch shell recovered from the renowned painted Marsoulas cave in the Pyrenees mountains is the earliest wind instrument of its kind on record and ...