My name'' s Liam Williamson. I ' ve played drums for about 15 years now. I'' m currently in an indie rock band called Felines on the Coastline. This is without a doubt the earliest set I'' ve ever before played. Just how do we understand that this was really used as a rock gong? Is it simply from the patterns and also the anxieties … Since we have these archaeological traces, we have the wear of the rock gong, and that'' s not all-natural wear to make sure that is really artificial put on from striking the rock with difficult implements.Ok.
Implements possibly much harder than these wooden hammer blocks that we have. Occasionally we discover little stones extremely close to these rock gongs, with proof of play. So little bits missing, the wear traces that inform us they most likely used these hammer stones to play the rock gong. Yeah, I was mosting likely to ask whether these were situated nearby when these rock gongs were discovered? Yeah, maybe people picked them up somewhere else, kinda included a strategy or individuals just selected them up locally as well as then went to play. So it'' s also something that we ' re trying to understand – what would certainly be the context in which individuals made use of to play them. Would it be something like a ritual or something to signify or something for fun – or every one of that! At the 4th Cataract this piece was basically propped up on a much larger rock, so you might either rest on that stone or generally squat in front of the rock gong. So, the body placement you would certainly take would, regardless be something like that. You would play the rock gong either with one hand or with two hands – most likely with a rock – a.
little hammer stone.The hammer
stone, if you strike this rock for.
a very long time would certainly leave these traces that we see below, like little clinical depressions, mug marks. So, if you see mug marks on these pieces or.
boulders it tells you that this has actually been made use of for audio.
making in the past as well as possibly for a long duration of.
time. So you could just hit this rock, or with two.
hands.Basically we attempt to understand, from the traces. that we locate on these blocks exactly how the people of. the past might have played this.
I see. You can see that there ' s indentations here'. and also there.
Absolutely, absolutely. The even more dark they are, the longer ago the.
playing event was or occurred. So, it'' s a very long time ago that people played. this as well as a really, really long time ago that people.
played this below, because It'' s fully patinated so we wear'' t. have any recent evidence of play. The even more light these traces are, the a lot more.
recent individuals played this rock gong or components of this.
That ' s exactly how we attempt to understand exactly how these. Once again with this piece you have two different. You can think is it feasible as well as feasible.
To get various kinds of noises from the. Playing with these stones contrasted to sticks. I kind of presumed, I suggest from the wear, how.
to touch and play using these rocks. The reaction from the rock gong itself is. fairly uncommon because normally on drums you have a certain.
This rock gong actually comes from a various. It ' s the method that those kind of sounds play. We ' re thinking regarding how you would play.
Do you make use of two hands or do you use simply one. That ' s something we ' re trying to recognize. To have different noises so each various.
Yeah, precisely, exactly.For me, it ' s tough to see these rocks. It ' s a really different experience seeing and also. I am an excavator and also rock art expert.
I ' m based in Berlin at Humboldt College. and I belonged to the goal of the Sudan Archaeological. Research study Culture- that ' s based here at the British.
Gallery. Throughout their operate at the Fourth Nile Cataract.
in Sudan, where a huge dam was being constructed, that was.
mosting likely to flood a large stretch of the Middle Nile Valley. So a great deal of historical missions, among.
them the Sudan Archaeological Research Study Culture. went to attempt to salvage as much understanding and some.
I think Liam did really well and he should be. Hi people, I ' m Liam Williamson and we ' re below. I'' ve simply been playing some rock gong.
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I'' m presently in an indie rock band called Felines on the Beach. How do we recognize that this was really made use of as a rock gong? The response from the rock gong itself is. Yeah, exactly, exactly.For me, it ' s tough to see these rocks. I'' ve just been playing some rock gong.