[Aztlan] Raindrop effect at all Mesoamerican pyramids?

[Sven Röhrig]

MAybe it is a mistake to over interpretate the sounds steps are doing  
because any large steps have similar effects...

But the maya musthave come along the phenomen with the very first  
large stairs the have build..and its not unlikely that they learned to  
superimpose the effect..

At least their stairs have a rather well pronounced sound ...

Similar to the shadow play with the sun its well possible that the  
maya did that by design..and not by accident
Many pyramids was build one over the other over generations...
So there is space for optimisations in all directions over time..

Its not necessary that theese sound effects had a special religious  
background..maybe they just liked the sound affect on theier druming,  
ratteling, shouting, clapping...

But maybe its ment as raindrop or quetzal sound.. The one possible  
reason dont excludes the other..

But its more likly to see an intention than an accident...

Many maya pyramids show indicators for acoustic design..  And its  
likely that theese temples had a role in musical celebrations..
At least it looks like that native american rituals are not the silent  
type... Maybe the maya was different. but i would doubt that...




I have one intersting question.. Temple 1 of Tikal...  The stairs are  
very funny shaped.. like two side bands and a midle stairs that is a  
bit steeper..

Is the part in the middle a product of the excravations or is that the  
original design?

In any case its possible to assume that the stairs was altered after  
initial construction..

Why? The first version was too steep?

So it was done  to rise the comfort after one king fellt hard? ..
Or was it done to  alter the acoustical proppertys?
Would be nice to do an acoustical simulation of booth versions..when  
the later is closer to the rain/quetzal effect it could be an indicator.



Even when some fantastic theories are out there regarding acoustic  
design in maya buildings it would be an old  mistake  again to  
underestimate them.

In the  western culture we find acoustic design thousends years before  
christ... and at least acoustical sensibilitys even in caves that was  
populated 30000 years ago..

And in  any of our churchs... why not in the most holy maya buildings?

best regards
Sven



Am 05.10.2009 um 19:49 schrieb Sid Hollander:

> This beats all! Does this now mean that the Maya built this acoustical
> affect into their pyramids.  Imagine what would happen if
> "Mayans 'played' pyramids to make music for rain god'
> and the audience enthusiastically applauded the sounds by  
> energetically
> clapping!  The subsequent squealing Quetzal sounds would spoil the  
> desired
> affect unless someone could favorably connect the two!
>
> --
> Sid Hollander
> Merida, Yucatan
> The book of nature is written in mathematical symbols…. Galileo
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