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Discography

Berezan, Jennifer, 2000. Returning.
[Albany: Edge of Wonder Records.]

The Kilmartin Sessions – The Sounds of Ancient Scotland.
[Kilmartin House Trust]

Reznikoff, Iegor, 1994. Le Chant de Fontenay.
[B000004A9W]

Watson, Chris, 1996. Stepping into the Dark.
[Touch TO:27, London]

Z’EV, 1991, One Foot in the Grave
[Touch TO:13, London]

What we present here is a serious resource in its own right – probably the best single source on archaeological-related acoustics anywhere, plus some items relating to visual mapping…