Waterfalls are documented among Indigenous peoples as settings for the intergenerational transfer of knowledge and locations sacred to life transitions. Eastern Woodlands ethnographic literature identifies waterfalls as places where life emerges in the presence of danger, requiring the acknowledgement of those who travel near them. In the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, ceramic-bearing Middle and Late Woodland sites near named waterfalls are associated with small sites located outside the topographic parameters of modeled site locations and containing non-local or unique objects. Sound mapping with calibrated decibel meters, survey-grade GPS, and inverse distance weighted interpolation demonstrate a correspondence between the location of the small sites and natural sound magnification. The small sites and the deposited objects may represent the offerings of travelers made aware of the sacred/dangerous place by the sound of the waterfall. Acoustic archaeology is introduced as a practice that takes into consideration sensory experience as central to place identity.

瀑布被记录在土著人民中，作为知识和地点代际转移的场所，是生命过渡的圣地。东部林地人种学文献将瀑布视为生命在危险中出现的地方，需要靠近它们的人承认。在弗吉尼亚蓝岭山脉，命名瀑布附近的中晚期林地遗址与位于模拟遗址位置的地形参数之外并包含非本地或独特对象的小遗址相关联。使用校准分贝计、测量级 GPS 和反距离加权插值的声音映射证明了小站点的位置与自然声音放大率之间的对应关系。小遗址和存放的物品可能代表通过瀑布的声音意识到神圣/危险地方的旅行者的供品。声学考古学被引入作为一种实践，将感官体验视为场所身份的核心。