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Using scale modelling to assess the prehistoric acoustics of Stonehenge

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Ancient Acoustic Engineering

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Peer-reviewed scale-model study establishing acoustic behavior for a reconstructed Stonehenge geometry; supports modeled audibility and reverberation results, not a claim that acoustics were the monument's sole or primary purpose.

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Some ancient spaces have measurable or modeled acoustic effects, but the catalog does not establish universal healing effects, altered-consciousness mechanisms, or megalithic sound levitation.

Acoustic effects are measurable and ancient sound use is real. The extreme claims add meanings and mechanisms that are not demonstrated.
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Scale-model research finds notable acoustic behavior for a reconstructed Stonehenge, but it does not establish acoustics as the monument's primary purpose.

Answer / theory: It probably had notable acoustic effects when complete, but sound may have been one part of a broader ritual experience. What supports it: Scale-model acoustic research. What is weak or disputed: Whether acoustics were a primary design goal. Evidence level: Plausible but Unproven.
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