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Since 1979 Graeme Lawson and Cambridge Music-archaeological Research have been at the forefront of European ancient music research, playing a pioneering role both in the technical and philosophical development of the field and in the promotion of sound and music as research themes within British archaeology. Cambridge Music-archaeological Research is a multidisciplinary research project combining scientific and archaeological exploration with experimental music studies.

The lyre from the Anglo-Saxon royal ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. Reconstruction by Graeme Lawson 2001, for the National Trust.

Jew's harp medieval Copper-alloy frame with part of the steel tongue remaining. Imaged in 2001 as part of the Cambridge Music-archaeological Survey

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Studies in the archaeology of musical and other acoustical behaviours

3 - Publications

cambridge music-archaeological research <http://www.orfeo.co.uk> archaeologia musica - p.o. box 92 - march - cambridgeshire - PE15 8XH - england

Contents:

The tenor shawm from the wreck of the English Warship Mary Rose (1545): facsimile of the remains and reconstruction of the instrument by Graeme Lawson 1984, for the Mary Rose Trust.

4 - Selected abstracts

2 - The new archaeology of music

1 - FULL INDEX

5 - Recordings (in development)

6 - Links (in development)

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Fragments of the Bergh Apton lyre

1978