The OTS Foundation for Neolithic Studies

"LEARNING from the STONE AGE" PROJECT

Now in production:

A unique classroom resource with illustrations and discussion points. We are working right now on making this highly innovative learning tool: designed and created with authentic normal human intelligence.

Presenting important prehistoric developments and the people of the time in a way that brings them to life in a sensible way a child can understand.

What would happen if a 21st-century person somehow traveled back in time? In three illustrated narrated sessions, Adam encounters a lifestyle that is very different from his modern one, and finds himself in an unexpected confrontation with the world’s oldest buildings.

What was it like to live 11,000 years ago?

How will the ancient people respond to Adam’s advice from modern times?

What will Adam think about the customs of the Stone Age tribe?

How long will it take this lad to get in trouble?!

Combining principles of Evolutionary Anthropology, Child Psychology, Archaeology and Archaeoacoustics.

A video will be made available to instructors and caregivers free of charge. Viewers will be introduced to the remarkable sites of prehistoric Anatolia and invited to contrast their modern lives with those of the hunter-gatherer nomads who created humankind's first monumental buildings.

There's a lot to learn here and it won't hurt a bit, plus . . .

You can bet -- It's going to sound amazing!

We know that cultures for thousands upon thousands of years passed their cultural norms, rites, and rituals along to younger generations by way of the oral tradition, which required strong listening skills and taught children the right ways to interact and to survive, as well as the correct ways to communicate within the culture or co-culture. This work appears to be a great jumping off point to return to the contexts and sensibilities that once ruled our human race and its array of cultural practices. We should all look deeper into the great potential of this project!

Dr. Larry Edmonds,

Professor Emeritus, Communication

College of Integrative Sciences and Arts

Arizona State University

As a former broadcaster, I know from experience the role that sound plays in our lives, whether in music, in spoken word, or in story-telling. Archaeoacoustic research is a promising area of inquiry: the study of what sounds have represented to the cultures of the past, as well as what they represent to present day cultures, offers fascinating and much-needed ways to understand who we are as human beings.

Donna L. Halper, PhD media historian, professor, author, public speaker 2023 Inductee, Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame

It is critical that we support this study and that it be recognized as a helpful resource for the health of our cultures. Social media must be understood as a very thin presence, and one that this study can remedy.

Michael Purdy PhD

Professor Emeritus, Communication Studies, Governors State U. Of IL.

Archaeoacoustics is a promising new interdisciplinary initiative that is much needed in our times, when digital distraction and ambient noise are preventing children and people of all ages from developing a relationship with the reality around them. Besides drawing from several disciplines, it combines the ancient with the modern scientific to help humanity develop a continuum of communion with nature and one another.

Hal Swindall

Professor of English,

Woosong University, South Korea